Three further coronavirus deaths in Shropshire's hospitals
There have been three further deaths of coronavirus patients at hospitals in Shropshire.
The deaths confirmed by NHS England today take the Covid-19 death toll in the county’s hospitals to 310.
The three patients were in the care of Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), where 286 patients have died since the start of the pandemic.
Another 19 patients died at Shropshire Community Health Trust and there have been five deaths at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital near Oswestry.
On top of this, at least 133 people have died with the virus in care homes in the Shropshire Council area and 53 have died at care homes in Telford and Wrekin.
Meanwhile 134 people have died in Powys after contracting Covid-19, according to the Office for National Statistics.
Across the UK, the death toll rose by 357 to 71,109 on Monday.
