22 more coronavirus deaths in Black Country, Staffordshire and Birmingham
A further 22 coronavirus patients have died in hospitals across the Black Country, Birmingham and Staffordshire.
The figures announced on Saturday took the total number of Covid-19 deaths in the region's hospitals to 1,926.
Meanwhile the full UK death total, which includes deaths in hospitals, care homes and in the community, increased by 621 to 28,131.
The number of hospital deaths in England increased by 370 to 20,853.
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Among the deaths announced on Saturday were five at the Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, which runs Sandwell and City hospitals, bringing the total to 297.
Four more deaths were confirmed at the Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, which runs Walsall Manor Hospital, taking the total to 163.
At the University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust, which runs Stafford's County Hospital and Royal Stoke University Hospital, a further four deaths were announced – bringing the total to 199.
Two more deaths were announced at the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, which runs New Cross Hospital and Cannock Chase Hospital, taking the total to 239.
And two more deaths were reported at the Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Russells Hall Hospital, bringing the total of deaths there to 221.
Three more people have been confirmed to have died at the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, taking the total to 767. The trust runs Queen Elizabeth, Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull hospitals.
Two further deaths were alsoconfirmed at the Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, taking the total to 27.
And one new death was announced in Worcestershire, where the total deaths at the county's hospitals has risen to 223.
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As well as including patients who tested positive for the disease, the hospital statistics now also include patients who died in hospital and hadn't tested positive but for whom Covid-19 is documented as a direct or underlying cause of death on their death certificate.
This included seven deaths in the Midlands – but it not known where in the Midlands these deaths took place.
A spokesman from NHS England said: "A further 370 people, who tested positive for coronavirus have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 20,853
"Patients were aged between 38 and 100 years old. Of those, 25 of the 370 patients – aged between 43 and 91 years old – had no known underlying health condition.
"Their families have been informed."
Some deaths are not included in the statistics for several days due to testing or family members being informed. Saturday's figures included patients who died between March 13 and May 1.
It comes after new analysis showed that people living in deprived parts of Wolverhampton, Walsall, Sandwell and Birmingham face around three times the risk of dying from coronavirus than those in affluent areas
