16 DEATHS

Record weekly death toll for borough after surge

Coleraine town centre on Friday (right) when government measures to curb a second wave of Covid infections were re-introduced.

Reporter:

Peter Winter

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peter.winter@thechronicle.uk.com

Tuesday 1 December 2020 11:06

A SURGE in Covid cases, which saw the borough's infection rate rise higher than anywhere else in NI, has now resulted in a record weekly death toll.

Latest figures from the Northern Ireland Statistical Research Agency (NISRA) show a total of 16 Covid deaths in the week ending November 20.

That's more than at any other time in the pandemic, including the first wave when weekly fatalities never rose above 12.

More people (20) died that week in only one council area – Belfast, a district with more than twice the population of Causeway Coast and Glens.

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