More than 200 people died with Covid-19 over the Christmas period in Northern Ireland, official statistics show.
That included 115 in the week December 19th-25th and a further 91 in the week from December 26th to January 1st.
Total fatalities have reached 1,895, statistics agency Nisra said.
Of this total, 1,150 (60.7 per cent) happened in hospital, 607 (32 per cent) in care homes, 10 (0.5 per cent) in hospices and 128 (6.8 per cent) at residential addresses or other locations.
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The 617 deaths which occurred in care homes and hospices involved 146 separate establishments.
The comparative number of deaths reported daily by the Department of Health to January 1st was 1,349.
These are based on patients having previously tested positive for the virus, whereas the Nisra figures are derived from information entered on death certificates completed by medical professionals.
They may or may not have previously tested positive for coronavirus.
People aged 75 and over accounted for two-thirds (65.5 per cent) of all deaths and 77.7 per cent of Covid-19 related deaths registered in 2020.
For Covid-19 related deaths, those with an address in Belfast accounted for 424 (23.2 per cent) of the 1,830 deaths registered last year.
