Further 26 coronavirus deaths confirmed in hospitals and care homes in Black Country, Birmingham and Staffordshire
A further 26 coronavirus deaths have been confirmed in the Black Country, Birmingham and Staffordshire.
Five deaths were announced in the region's hospitals on Tuesday, meaning 7,384 people have now died with the virus in the region's hospitals.
On top of this, a further 1,377 have died in the region's care homes after contracting coronavirus, after 21 new deaths were announced on Tuesday. Sixteen deaths were announced in Birmingham, four in Walsall, four in Dudley, four in Staffordshire and three in Wolverhampton. No new deaths were announced at Sandwell care homes in the latest figures.
NHS England confirmed a further 164 deaths on Tuesday, meaning 84,631 people have now died in the country's hospitals after testing positive for Covid-19.
Two deaths were announced at the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, meaning the death toll at New Cross Hospital increased to 783.
Two deaths were confirmed at the University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, which runs the main hospitals in Stafford and Stoke, where the total increased to 1,350.
And one death was reported at the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Queen Elizabeth Hospital as well as Heartlands, Solihull and Good Hope hospitals, taking the death toll there to 2,537.
No new deaths were announced at the Walsall Healthcare Trust, where the total remains 707, or at the Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, where the total is still at 712.
There were also no new deaths announced at the Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, where the total remains 1,137.
Elsewhere, three deaths were announced at the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
A spokesman for NHS England said: "A further 164 people, who tested positive for coronavirus (Covid-19) have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 84,631.
"Patients were aged between 11 and 100 years old. All except eight – aged 49 to 87 years old – had known underlying health conditions.
"Date of death ranges from December 20 to March 8, with the majority being on or after March 4.
"Their families have been informed."
Meanwhile, 20,020,354 coronavirus vaccinations have been carried out across England to date – including first and second doses.
In the Midlands, 3,751,071 first doses of the coronavirus vaccine has been administered, while 146,919 second doses have been carried out.
The data includes vaccinations carried out between December 8 and March 8.
