Two further Covid-19 deaths confirmed in hospital
A further two people have died in the region's hospitals from coronavirus, according to NHS England figures.
It brings the total number of deaths in hospitals in the Black Country, Staffordshire and Birmingham to 7,821. It comes as the daily number of deaths in the UK increased by 111 yesterday. (WEDS)
The two deaths were confirmed at the University Hospitals of Birmingham NHS Trust, which runs Queen Elizabeth, Good Hope, Heartlands and Solihull hospitals, taking the death toll there to 2,696.
No deaths were confirmed at any other trust. The death toll at the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, which runs New Cross Hospital, stands at 828.
The death toll at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, which runs Stafford Hospital, is 1,417. At Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Russells Hall Hospital, the figure is 763.
At Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, which runs Sandwell General and City hospitals, the toll is 1,217. And no deaths were announced at at the Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, which runs Walsall Manor, where the toll remains at 734.
Meanwhile, a total of 47,413,242 first doses of the Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in the UK along with 40,987,846 second doses. In the Midlands, 7,356,785 first doses have been administered along with 6,386,762 second doses according to data up to August 17.
