Another Shropshire Covid death is confirmed
Another Covid death has been confirmed at Shropshire's NHS trusts.
The latest patient to die was in the care of Shrewsbury & Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH).
NHS England figures show that the person is the 209th to have died with Covid at a county health trust since the outbreak began.
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Of the total 189 have died at SaTH, 15 at Shropshire Community Health Trust, and five at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital.
A total of 163 people have also died in the county's care homes with the virus.
In the Shropshire Council area 113 have died in care homes, and in Telford & Wrekin there have been 50 deaths. The figures record deaths from April 10 up to October 23.
To date a total of 96 people have died in Powys with the virus according to the Office for National Statistics.
Today there have also been 45 positive cases in Telford & Wrekin, 70 in Shropshire, and 25 in Powys.
Today the government has confirmed another 136 hospital deaths with Covid, taking the UK total to 46,853.
