West Midlands Covid-19 deaths at lowest weekly level since lockdown began
The West Midlands has recorded its lowest weekly number of coronavirus deaths since lockdown began, official figures show.
The Office for National Statistics says there were 184 Covid-19 deaths across the region in the week ending May 29, marking the lowest weekly total since March 27, when 67 deaths were registered.
This made up 19 per cent of all deaths across the region over the period and is 106 fewer deaths that were registered from the virus in the previous week, when Covid-19 attributed to 22 per cent of all deaths.
It continues the steep decline of Covid-19 deaths registered in the West Midlands. The death toll peaked in the week ending April 17, when 999 coronavirus deaths were registered across the region – 39 per cent of all deaths.
In the latest figures the region was fifth in the ONS table for coronavirus deaths, with the North West having the highest number of deaths involving the virus at 282 in the week to May 29.
More than a quarter (25.6 per cent) of deaths in the North East that week involved Covid-19 – the highest proportion across all of England's regions.
