Four more coronavirus deaths at Shropshire hospitals
Another four patients have died at Shropshire's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.
Three of the deaths happened at Shrewsbury & Telford Hospital NHS Trust, which runs Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and Telford's Princess Royal Hospital.
NHS England confirmed today that a patient in the care of Shropshire Community Health Trust had also died.
It means 468 people have now died with Covid-19 at the county's NHS trusts since the pandemic began.
There have been 436 deaths at SaTH, 26 at the community trust and six at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital near Oswestry.
Figures from the Office for National Statistics also show that a total of 246 people have now died in county care homes with Covid-19.
In Powys, 173 have died with the virus.
A spokesman fort NHS England said: "A further 707 people, who tested positive for the Coronavirus (Covid-19) have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 73,619.
"Patients were aged between 30 and 101 years old. All except 21 (aged 46 to 92 years old) had known underlying health conditions.
"Date of death ranges from 21 October 2020 to 2 February 2021.
"Their families have been informed."
