Further six coronavirus deaths recorded in region's hospitals
A further six coronavirus deaths have been confirmed in the region's hospitals, official NHS figures show.
It means the total number of hospital deaths in the Black Country, Staffordshire and Birmingham has risen to 8,687.
Three deaths were confirmed at the University Hospitals of Birmingham NHS Trust, meaning the number of deaths rises to 3,022. The trust runs the Queen Elizabeth, Good Hope, Heartlands and Solihull hospitals.
Two deaths were recorded at the University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, which runs Stafford’s County Hospital and the Royal Stoke University Hospital, where the death toll is 1,582.
And a further death was confirmed at the Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Russells Hall Hospital, where the toll is 854.
No deaths were recorded at the Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, which runs Sandwell General and City hospitals, so the total is 1,339; or at the The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, which runs New Cross Hospital, where the total is 921; nor at the Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, which runs Walsall Manor Hospital, where the total is now 812 deaths.
