One Covid death in Shropshire in new figures from Government
One more person in Shropshire has died after testing positive for Covid-19, in the latest data released by the Government.
The latest death means five have died in the last week within 28 days of providing a positive Covid test. There were no deaths in Telford and Wrekin in the last 24 hours, but six in the past week.
Nationally the figures show 35 deaths in the 24-hour period and 1,243 in the past week, a drop of 27.2 per cent.
The number of positive Covid tests is also falling.
In Shropshire there were 196 new positive cases, 1533 in the week, a drop of 36.8 per cent.
Telford saw 118 new cases, 1026 in the week, a drop of 34.2 per cent.
The UK saw 41,648 positive cases in 24 hours, 388,877 in the week.
