Another coronavirus death confirmed in Shropshire
Another coronavirus patient has died at Shropshire's major hospitals.
NHS England has confirmed that the patient died at Shrewsbury & Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which manages Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and Princess Royal Hospital in Telford.
It means that 169 people have died and tested positive for Covid-19 in the care of the county's major health trusts – 151 at SaTH, 13 at Shropshire Community Health Trust and five at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital.
Government figures also show that 123 people have now died with Covid-19 in the county's care homes since April 10.
The most recent figures for Powys show 84 people have died with the virus in the county – 44 in the county's care homes.
NHS England said on Wednesday that in total a further 115 people, who had tested positive for Covid-19 have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 27,159.
The patients were aged between 26 and 100. Five of the 115 patients - aged between 53 and 97 - had no known underlying health condition.
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