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No new coronavirus deaths in Black Country, Birmingham or Staffordshire hospitals

No new coronavirus deaths have been confirmed at hospital trusts in the Black Country, Birmingham and Staffordshire.

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It means the death toll in hospitals in the region remains at 2,548.

One death was announced at a hospital trust in Worcestershire in figures announced on Wednesday.

A total of 692 people have been confirmed to have died in the region's care homes, after a further five deaths were announced on Tuesday.

The number of deaths in hospitals in England rose by 14 to 29,317, in figures released on Wednesday.

The death toll at the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, which runs New Cross and Cannock Chase hospitals, remains at 285; while a total of 264 patients have died at the Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Russells Hall Hospital.

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The toll at the Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, which runs Walsall Manor Hospital, is at 230; while a total of 379 patients have died at the Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, which runs Sandwell General and City hospitals.

A total of 354 people have died at the University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust, which runs County Hospital in Stafford and Royal Stoke University Hospital.

At the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Queen Elizabeth, Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull hospitals, the death toll stands at 965.

Over in Worcestershire, a further death was confirmed on Wednesday, taking the total to 306 people who have died in hospital after contracting Covid-19.

An NHS England spokesman said: "A further 14 people, who tested positive for coronavirus (Covid-19) have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 29,317.

"Patients were aged between 55 and 90 years old. All had known underlying health conditions apart from two aged between 55 and 77 years old.

"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.

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