One further coronavirus death in region's hospitals
One new coronavirus death has been confirmed in the region, in the latest figures released by NHS England.
It means the total number of Covid deaths in hospitals in the Black Country, Staffordshire and Birmingham now stands at 7,592.
A further 1,436 have died in care homes in the region after testing positive for coronavirus.
As of May 14, NHS England will only be publishing the daily death figures on week days – so death totals for Saturday and Sunday are only available on Monday.
Therefore on May 24, NHS England confirmed a further eight deaths on Saturday, two on Sunday and three on Monday – an overall total of 13 deaths in the three days.
One death was announced at the Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, which runs City and Sandwell General hospitals, taking the total number of deaths to 1,716. This death was confirmed in Saturday's figures.
No deaths in the region were confirmed in the NHS England figures recorded on Sunday or Monday.
Overall, a total of 801 people have died at the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, 740 at the Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, and 722 at the Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust.
At the University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS trust 1,377 have died.
And a total of 2,612 have died at the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. The trust runs the Queen Elizabeth, Heartlands, Solihull and Good Hope hospitals.
A total of 51,254,436 vaccinations have been carried out across England to date – including first and second doses.
In the Midlands, 6,001,023 first doses of the coronavirus vaccine has been administered, while 3,735.234 second doses have been carried out.
The data includes vaccinations carried out between December 8 and May 23.
