427 people in Northern Ireland have died with coronavirus - five more deaths since yesterday

The data for the last 24 hours includes two deaths during that period, and three which occurred previously but had not been reported.

An additional 1,202 people were tested, resulting in 38 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 and bringing the total number of known cases to 4,022.

The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (Nisra) show that 516 deaths involving Covid-19 have been recorded on death certificates by May 1.

The figures also show the number of people who died from Covid-19 outside hospital was almost twice the number of those who died in hospital.

Of the 115 deaths from April 25 to May 1, 39 occurred in hospital, 71 in care homes, one in a hospice and four at home.

The department’s figures are based on patients having previously tested positive for the virus whereas Nisra figures are based on the information entered on death certificates, filled out by medical professionals.

They may or may not have previously tested positive for the virus.

That represents an increase of 113 on the 383 deaths reported by the Northern Ireland Public Health Agency (PHA) on that day.

The Nisra figures indicated that 49% of deaths were in hospitals, 45% in care homes, 5.2% at home and 0.8% at hospices.

The 236 deaths in care homes and hospices involved 66 separate establishments.