Northern Ireland registered 393 deaths in the week ending 6 March 2026. This matched the total from the prior week.

Official estimates set expected deaths at 372 for that week. Excess deaths reached 21 above this figure.

Male deaths numbered 192. Female deaths numbered 201. Expected male deaths stood at 189. Expected female deaths stood at 183. Male excess deaths totalled 3. Female excess deaths totalled 18.

By 6 March 2026, 3,958 deaths occurred in Northern Ireland that year. Males accounted for 50.6% of them. Females accounted for 49.4%. People aged 75 and over made up 68.8% of deaths.

Of these deaths, 1,810 took place in hospitals. Care homes saw 720. Residential addresses, hospices, or other locations recorded 1,428.

Deaths mentioning flu or pneumonia on certificates numbered 71 in the week. The year total reached 795.

Provisional deaths occurring that week, registered up to 11 March, numbered 300.

NISRA released the data at 9.30am on 13 March 2026.