Covid-19: Nisra records 22 deaths in week ending 22 April

The agency's total number of deaths registered since the start of the pandemic is 4,536.

Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificates of 22 people in the week up to last Friday 22 April.

Nisra's figures are higher because it records mentions of the virus on death certificates, where it may or may not have been confirmed by way of a test.

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