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In the past seven days, 1,236 positive test results have been obtained in Northern Ireland.
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Northern Ireland has exceeded 10,000, according to the latest figures from the Department of Health.
There have been 273 new cases in the last 24 hours, which is the highest number of people who have tested positive under the current testing system.
The number of people diagnosed with Covid-19 since the beginning of the tests amounts to 10,223.
In the last seven days there have been 1,236 positive results.
Previously, the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (Nisra) reported that there were eight coronavirus-related deaths recorded at NI last week.
That’s one more than the week before, according to the agency’s latest bulletin.
The Health Department’s daily panel reported no new deaths on Friday.
There are 46 people in the hospital with Covid-19, with five patients in an intensive care unit.
‘Covid tight rope’
In a written statement to the NI Assembly, Health Minister Robin Swann said he had been informed that “further interventions may be necessary to prevent an exponential rise in the virus.”
Addressing the increase in hospital admissions and cases, Swann said the executive continues to prioritize public health, while “recognizing the importance of keeping society and the economy as open as possible.”
“There is a tightrope to walk and, as I have told members many times before, there are no easy or painless solutions,” he said.
“I urge members to continue to promote widespread public compliance with coronavirus regulations.
“The best way to avoid more restrictions in our lives is to follow the ones we have now and strictly follow public health advice on social distancing, hand washing and face covering.
Swann also said there was preliminary evidence suggesting that localized restrictions imposed on various postal codes in Northern Ireland in recent weeks may have had “some impact on reducing transmission” of the virus.
Nisra said the virus had appeared on the death certificates of 891 people in total as of Sept. 18.
The daily figure of the Department of Health for the same date was 575, more than 300 less.
His statistics are based on a patient who previously tested positive for the virus.
Nisra said there have been 479 deaths in the hospital (53.5%); 81 of those people normally resided in residences.
Taking that number and the 355 who died in nursing homes, it means that nursing home residents account for almost 49% of Covid-19 related deaths in Northern Ireland.
In the week through last Friday, three Covid-19-related deaths occurred in a nursing home.
Excess deaths
Eight people have died in hospices (0.9%) and 54 in residential homes or other places (6.1%).
People aged 75 and over account for 80% of all Covid-19 related deaths.
In the week ending September 18, the percentage of all Covid-19-related male deaths was 49.1% and female deaths 50.9%.
Those with an address in the Belfast council area account for 253 (28.4%) of the 891 deaths recorded as of last Friday. Fermanagh and Omagh have recorded the fewest numbers (17).
The provisional number of all deaths between September 12 and 18 was 322, 26 more than the previous week (296) and 40 more than the five-year average (282).
That five-year death rate is used to compare the number of weekly deaths that would normally occur at this time of year.
Nisra also recorded the number of “excess deaths” recorded in the past 25 weeks as 1,181.
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