Nisra says in the week up to 8 October, the virus was mentioned on the death certificates of 28 people.
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
The government statistics agency, Nisra, said in the week up to 8 October, the virus was mentioned on the death certificates of 28 people - 20 fewer than the previous week.The Department of Health's total for the same date, based on a positive test result being recorded, is 2,585. On the agency's measure, just over two-thirds of Covid-19-related deaths have occurred in hospital .
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