No new coronavirus deaths in Shropshire as UK toll rises by 151
No new Covid-19 deaths were confirmed in Shropshire hospitals today.
It means the county's confirmed death toll remains at 307.
The latest NHS data shows that no patients died in Shropshire hospitals on Tuesday or Wednesday this week and that there have been 13 deaths in the last two weeks.
However this could change as some deaths are not confirmed for several days or weeks due to testing and informing relatives.
The UK-wide death toll released by the Government, which includes deaths in and out of hospital, increased by 151 to 41,279 today although analysis of ONS and NHS figures shows there have been around 52,000 deaths involving coronavirus.
So far 177 patients have died in Shropshire hospitals, with 158 of these dying at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, 14 at the Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust and five at the orthopaedic hospital in Gobowen.
Meanwhile 130 people with Covid-19 have died in county care homes, with 88 of these in the Shropshire Council area and 42 in the Telford and Wrekin Council borough.
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A further 83 patients with coronavirus were confirmed to have died at hospitals in England today, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in the country's hospitals to 27,790.
Patients were aged between 26 and 102, and all had known underlying health conditions.
There have been six further deaths of Covid-19 hospital patients reported to Public Health Wales, taking the country's death toll to 1,425.
Public Health Wales information shows 14 patients have died in Powys, however data from the ONS suggests 86 people have died.
The difference in figures is thought to partly be accounted for by the fact that some Powys residents have been treated in hospital in Shropshire.
