Five more coronavirus deaths in Black Country, Birmingham and Staffordshire hospitals
A further five coronavirus patients have been confirmed to have died in hospitals across the Black Country, Birmingham and Staffordshire.
Today's announcement means the Covid-19 death toll in the region's hospitals now stands at 2,448.
The latest data also shows that only once in the last two weeks have more than ten patients in the region died on the same day, although this could change as some deaths are not confirmed for several days or weeks due to testing and informing relatives.
At the peak of the virus 95 patients died on the same day in hospitals across the Black Country, Birmingham and Staffordshire.
Meanwhile the number of Covid-19 deaths in the region's care homes increased by 17 to 569 in the weekly figures released by the Office for National Statistics on Tuesday, meaning the region's full confirmed death toll is now 3,017.
The UK-wide death toll released by the Government, which includes deaths in and out of hospital, increased by 151 to 41,279 today although analysis of ONS and NHS figures shows there have been around 52,000 deaths involving coronavirus.
The number of deaths in hospitals in England went up by 83 to 27,790, in figures announced on Thursday.
Of new the new hospital deaths announced on Thursday were two at the University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, which runs Stafford's County Hospital and Royal Stoke University Hospital, where 321 patients have now died.
A further death was confirmed at the Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Russells Hall Hospital, where the total is now 257.
One death was confirmed at the Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, which runs Sandwell General and City hospitals, taking the total to 367.
No new deaths were recorded at the Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, in charge of the Manor Hospital, where the total remains 218, or at the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, which runs New Cross and Cannock Chase hospitals, where the total is 280.
A further death was recorded at the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust, taking the total to 936. The trust runs Queen Elizabeth, Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull hospitals.
No new deaths were reported in Worcestershire, where the total death toll in the county's hospitals remains 294.
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A spokesman for NHS England said: "A further 83 people, who tested positive for coronavirus (Covid-19) have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 27,790.
"Patients were aged between 26 and 102 years old, and all had known underlying health conditions.
"Their families have been informed."
The daily hospital figures include Covid-19 patients whose deaths were confirmed in the previous 24 hours, not who died in that period.
