Shropshire Star

Two more coronavirus deaths at Shropshire hospitals

Two more coronavirus deaths have been confirmed at the county's major hospitals.

Published
Last updated

The latest figures from NHS England show that one of the patients died yesterday and the other on Friday.

Both were being cared for by Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals Trust (SaTH).

Today's figures show another 301 people died with the virus at hospitals in England.

Across Shropshire's hospital trusts, 517 people have now died with Covid-19 – 481 at SaTH, 30 at Shropshire Community Health Trust, and six at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital near Oswestry.

Latest reported figures show that there have also been a total of 257 care home deaths in the county – 190 in the Shropshire Council area, and 67 in Telford & Wrekin.

Office for National Statistics figures also show that 201 people have died from the virus in the Powys area.

Sorry, we are not accepting comments on this article.