Two further coronavirus deaths at Shropshire hospitals
A further two patients have died at Shropshire's hospitals after contracting coronavirus, new figures show.
They were being cared for by Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, which runs Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and Princess Royal Hospital in Telford.
A total of 633 Covid-related deaths have now been recorded at hospitals in the county – 591 at SaTH, 35 at Shropshire Community Health Trust and seven at Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital in Gobowen.
In Powys, 274 people have died after contracting Covid.
There have been no new deaths in care homes across the county, with the toll standing at 304.
In the UK, the death toll rose by 203 to 135,455.
The total number of vaccinations given has reached 93,130,275, including 48,617,703 first doses and 44,512,572 second doses.
