Further nine Covid-19 deaths recorded in region's hospitals
A further nine people have died in the region's hospitals as a result of Covid-19, official NHS figures show.
It means the total number of hospital deaths in the Black Country, Staffordshire and Birmingham has risen to 8,890.
A total of six deaths were confirmed at the University Hospitals of Birmingham NHS Trust, meaning the number of deaths rises to 3,102. The trust runs the Queen Elizabeth, Good Hope, Heartlands and Solihull hospitals.
Two deaths were recorded at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, which runs New Cross Hospital, where the total is 937.
One death was confirmed at the Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Russells Hall Hospital, where the death toll is 870.
No deaths were confirmed at the Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, which runs Walsall Manor Hospital, where the total is 827 deaths.
Nor at the University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, which runs Stafford’s County Hospital and the Royal Stoke University Hospital, where the toll is 1,618; or at the Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, which runs Sandwell General and City hospitals, where there's a toll of 1,378 deaths.
