Another two Covid deaths confirmed in Shropshire
Another two Covid deaths have been confirmed in Shropshire.
NHS England said that one patient died while in the care of Shrewsbury & Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), while the other died at a care home in Telford & Wrekin.
It means that the number of people to have died at county NHS trusts now stands at 595 – with 554 at SaTH, 34 at Shropshire Community Health Trust and seven at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital near Oswestry.
The number of Covid deaths in county care homes has risen by one to 294.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show the latest death was in Telford & Wrekin, taking the total in the borough to 77. The total in Shropshire remains 217.
According to the ONS, 248 people have died with the virus in Powys.
The UK-wide death toll, which only includes deaths within 28 days of a positive test, increased by 112 to 126,284 on Tuesday.
And the latest vaccination figures show 28,327,873 people in the UK have now had their first jab, with 2,363,684 of these receiving a second dose.
