Eight more coronavirus deaths confirmed in Shropshire
Shropshire's coronavirus death toll has increased by eight, with four more deaths confirmed in hospitals and four in care homes.
NHS England today confirmed four more patients had died with Covid-19 while in the care of Shrewsbury & Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH).
It means that 292 people have now died with coronavirus while in the care of county NHS trusts – 270 at SaTH, 17 at Shropshire Community Health Trust, and five at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital near Oswestry.
Meanwhile weekly statistics released by the Office for National Statistics show another four people in care homes have died with the virus, making a new care home toll of 186.
Three of the new deaths were in the Shropshire Council area, where 133 people have died in care homes, and one was in the Telford & Wrekin area, where 53 people have died.
However care home Covid deaths have only been recorded since April 10, meaning the full toll is likely to be higher.
Meanwhile the UK-wide death toll increased by 691 to 68,307.
