Three more Covid deaths confirmed in Shropshire
Another three people have died with Covid-19 at hospitals in Shropshire.
NHS England has confirmed that the patients had died while in the care of Shrewsbury & Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH).
It means that 295 people have now died with coronavirus at the county's NHS trusts since the pandemic began.
Of that total 273 have died at SaTH, 17 at Shropshire Community Health Trust, and five at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital near Oswestry.
Figures from the Office for National Statistics show there have also been 128 Covid deaths in Powys.
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Meanwhile the UK-wide death toll, which only includes people who died within 28 days of a positive Covid-19 test, increased by 744 to 69,051.
It is the highest daily rise in deaths since April 29 during the first peak of the virus.
There were a further 39,237 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus across the UK as of 9am on Wednesday, the highest figure reported on a single day throughout the whole pandemic – although this is in part due to much wider testing.
