The fatalities in the period August 22 to 28 took the total recorded by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (Nisra) to 873.
The comparative total number of deaths reported daily by the Department of Health stood at 561 on August 28.
The Nisra data gives a fuller picture of Covid-19 fatalities than the figures released on a daily basis by the department.
The department’s statistics focus primarily on hospital deaths and only include people who have tested positive for the virus.
Nisra obtains its data from death certificates in which Covid-19 is recorded as a factor by a medical professional, regardless of where the fatality occurred. The person may or may not have tested positive for the virus.
Of the 873 deaths recorded by Nisra, 462 (52.9 per cent) occurred in hospital, 351 (40.2 per cent) in care homes, eight (0.9 per cent) in hospices and 52 (6 per cent) at residential addresses or other locations.
The 359 deaths which occurred in care homes and hospices involved 81 separate establishments.
Nisra also provides an analysis around the total number of care home residents who have died, whether in their home or in hospital, having been transferred for treatment.
Up to August 28th, the deaths of 432 care home residents were linked to coronavirus, 81 of which occurred in hospital.
Care home residents make up just under 50 per cent of all deaths linked to Covid-19 in Northern Ireland.
In the week August 22nd-28th, four coronavirus-linked deaths were officially registered in Northern Ireland – some of which might have occurred prior to that week as fatalities can take a number of days to register.
The number of registrations was down two on the previous week.
