Twenty-six Northern Ireland Covid-linked deaths in latest weekly update

These are the 40 NI postcodes with the highest number of new positive cases of Covid-19 in the last seven days

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Subscribe              Aug 13, 2021             Michael Cousins Acting Managing Editor Good afternoon   Welcome to your afternoon update from the News Letter. The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (Nisra) has announced that twenty-six deaths linked to Covid-19 occurred in Northern Ireland in the latest week analysed by statisticians. The fatalities happened in the week July 31 to August 6. They take the total number of coronavirus-linked deaths recorded by Nisra to 3,056. Meanwhile Health chiefs have warned of further surgery cancellations across Northern Ireland as staff are diverted to treat increasing numbers of Covid patients in intensive care. The Health and Social Care Board said action was needed to increase ICU capacity in hospitals across the region and the only way to achieve that was to redeploy specialist staff working in other areas of the healthcare system. In other news: Police have disputed the accuracy of a social media message claiming to show a gunman firing shots outside St Peter's Catholic cathedral in west Belfast. Images and video were circulated by a Twitter account of the Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP), a movement linked to the INLA, showing a tricolour-draped coffin outside the cathedral and masked black-and-white mourners. Friday 13th, unlucky for some, but what if you're house hunting and hoping for a bargain? Maybe number 13 might be in luck. PropertyPal has revealed that homes with the number 13 sell for on average around £11,000 cheaper than the average property in Northern Ireland. So, if you don't have Triskaidekaphobia (fear of the number 13) and shrug off superstitions, you could score yourself a sweet deal on a home. According to PropertyPal data, houses numbered 13 sell for an average of £138,692 - an incredible difference of £11,609 compared to neighbours 12 and 14, which sell for an average price of £150,300. Have a good weekend Michael Cousins           Twenty-six Northern Ireland Covid-linked deaths in latest weekly update           Twenty-six deaths linked to Covid-19 occurred in Northern Ireland in the latest week analysed by statisticians.                 These are the 40 NI postcodes with the highest number of new positive cases of Covid-19 in the last seven days   The number of new infections in Northern Ireland is continuing to rise at a concerning rate of more than one thousand every day.           Health chiefs warn of further surgery cancellations as staff diverted to treat Covid patients in ICU   The Health and Social Care Board said action was needed to increase ICU capacity in hospitals across the region and the only way to achieve that was to redeploy specialist staff working in other areas of the healthcare system.           Police query authenticity of gunman at INLA cathedral funeral   Police have disputed the accuracy of a social media message claiming to show a gunman firing shots outside St Peter's Catholic cathedral in west Belfast today.           Government hiring 'permanent' high-paid civil servants to handle NI Protocol   The government has issued job adverts for four senior civil servants to oversee the operation of the Northern Ireland Protocol – saying that the posts are "permanent".           Alastair spreads the love of food from Portrush to New York!   Enterprising Portrush businessman Alastair Bell could scarcely have guessed that a unique product using Armagh Bramley apples would prove hugely popular with luxury food stores and feature in premium hampers in New York and Boston.                 View more news

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