Further 14 coronavirus deaths at Black Country, Birmingham and Staffordshire hospitals
A further 14 patients who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospitals in the Black Country, Staffordshire and Birmingham.
Six deaths were reported in Staffordshire, four in Birmingham, one in Wolverhampton, one in Dudley, and two in Sandwell and West Birmingham.
It means a total of 2,948 people have died in the region's hospitals since the pandemic started – with a further 722 having died with the virus in care homes.
Across England the total increased by 122 to 34,496. The UK-wide total has not yet been announced.
Six deaths were reported at the University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Foundation Trust, which runs County Hospital in Stafford and the Royal Stoke University Hospital, bringing the trust’s death toll to 437.
Four deaths were recorded at the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Queen Elizabeth, Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull hospitals, where the total rose to 1,113.
One death was reported at Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Russells Hall Hospital where the death toll now stands at 299.
One death as confirmed at the Royal Wolverhampton Trust, which runs New Cross and Cannock Chase hospitals, where the deaths toll now stands at 315.
And two deaths were confirmed at the Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs Sandwell General and City hospitals, where the toll increased to 445.
No new deaths were confirmed at the Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, which runs the Manor Hospital, where the toll is 262. Or at the Midlands Partnership in Staffordshire which has a total of 14.
