There were nine Covid-19 related deaths up until January 29 reported in Fermanagh and Omagh by NISRA in their latest figures.

It brings the total to 86 deaths in the area.

124 deaths involving Covid-19 occurred in the week January 23-29, 2021. The total number of Covid-19 related deaths that occurred up to January 29, 2021 has now reached 2,495.

Of the 2,495 Covid-19 related deaths, 1,591 (63.8 per cent) took place in hospital, 712 (28.5 per cent) in care homes, 13 (0.5 per cent) in hospices and 179 (7.2 per cent) at residential addresses or other locations. The 725 deaths which occurred in care homes and hospices involved 170 separate establishments.

The comparative number of deaths reported daily by the Department of Health to January 29, 2021 was 1,837. These figures are based on patients having previously tested positive for the virus, whereas the NISRA figures are based on the information entered on death certificates completed by medical professionals. They may or may not have previously tested positive for the virus.

Further analysis, which includes deaths of care home residents in hospital, shows that of the 932 deaths of care home residents involving Covid-19 which occurred between March 18, 2020 and January 29, 2021, 76.4 per cent (712) occurred in a care home, with the remaining 220 occurring in hospital. On this basis, deaths of care home residents account for 37.4 per cent of all Covid-19 related deaths; however, no assumptions can be made in relation to where or when the deceased contracted the disease. 

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Separate analyses, based on the date of death registration, shows that the provisional number of total deaths from all causes registered in Northern Ireland in the week ending January 29, 2021 (week 4, 2021) was 437, 37 less than week 3, and 78 more than the 5-year average (2016-2020) of 359.

Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate of 137 (31.4 per cent) of the 437 deaths registered in week 4 2021, a fall from the previous week’s pandemic record high of 182 Covid-19 related deaths.  The total number of Covid-19 related deaths registered to January 29, 2021 has now reached 2,448.