Two further Covid deaths at Shropshire hospitals
A further two patients have died with Covid-19 at Shropshire hospitals.
NHS England confirmed today the patients died while in the care of the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the county's two acute hospitals, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and Telford's Princess Royal Hospital.
It means that the total number of people to have died with Covid at county NHS trusts is now 582 – 541 at SaTH, 34 at Shropshire Community Health Trust, and seven at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital near Oswestry.
The number to have died in Shropshire care homes is 287.
Nationally, a further 132 people, who tested positive for coronavirus have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 85,067.
Patients were aged between 41 and 100 years old. All except eight, aged 52 to 100 years old, had known underlying health conditions.
Of the 132 deaths, 32 were recorded in the Midlands.
Meanwhile, 20,807,385 coronavirus vaccinations have been carried out across England to date – including first and second doses.
In the Midlands, 3,875,167 first doses of the coronavirus vaccine has been administered, while 172,663 second doses have been carried out.
The data includes vaccinations carried out between December 8 and March 11.
