The bulletin containing data on deaths registered for the week ending 28 May 2021 was released at 9.30am today.
Key Points
Date of Registration
- Three deaths mentioning Covid-19 on the death certificate were registered in week 21 of 2021, accounting for 1.1% of all deaths registered in that week and bringing the total number of Covid-19 related deaths registered from the start of the pandemic to 2,974 by 28 May 2021.
- From the start of the pandemic (from the first Covid-19 related death being registered on 19 March 2020) to 28 May 2021, males and females accounted for equal proportions of all deaths registered (males: 50.0%, females: 50.0%) and similar proportion of Covid-19 related deaths registered (males: 51.3%; female 48.7%).
- Since the beginning of the pandemic to 28 May 2021, the 75 years and over age-group accounted for over three-quarters (76.1%) of Covid-19 related deaths.
- Over the period of the pandemic, Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon and Mid-Ulster Local Government Districts have had higher proportions of Covid-19 related deaths (12.0% and 8.4% respectively) compared with their share of all deaths in Northern Ireland (10.3% and 6.5% respectively).
Covid-19 deaths based on date of death
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2,975 deaths mentioning Covid-19 on the death certificate have occurred in total from 18 March 2020 to 28 May 2021 (including those registered up to and including 2 June). The comparative number of deaths reported by the Department of Health (DoH) to 28 May was 2,153.
- Three Covid-19 related deaths occurred in week ending 21 May, a decrease of one death from the previous week.
- Of these 2,975 deaths involving Covid-19, 1,971 (66.3%) occurred in hospital, 774 (26.0%) occurred in care homes, 14 (0.5%) occurred in hospices and 216 (7.3%) occurred at residential addresses or another location.
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