Five more coronavirus deaths at Shropshire hospitals
Five more coronavirus deaths have been confirmed at Shropshire hospitals.
NHS England confirmed that five more Covid-19 patients died at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH).
It means 479 people have now died in hospitals in Shropshire after contracting coronavirus.
Of these, 445 deaths have been at SaTH, 28 at the Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust and six at the Orthopaedic Hospital in Gobowen.
An additional 246 people have died with Covid-19 in care homes in the county, with 183 of these in the Shropshire Council area and 63 in the Telford & Wrekin Council area.
Meanwhile in Powys, 189 people have died with coronavirus according to the Office for National Statistics.
The UK-wide death toll, which only includes deaths within 28 days of a positive test, increased by 828, meaning the total reached 112,092.
