One new coronavirus death confirmed in Dudley
One further coronavirus death has been reported at a hospital in the Black Country.
A Covid-19 patient has died at Russell's Hall Hospital in Dudley, taking the total coronavirus death toll at the hospital to 269.
The patient died on Monday but their death was only reported by the NHS today.
It means the death toll at hospitals across the Black Country, Birmingham and Staffordshire is now at 2,648. On top of this, 705 people have died in the region's care homes after contracting Covid-19.
Meanwhile the UK-wide death toll released by the Government, which includes deaths in and out of hospital, increased by 137 to 43,155 today.
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That total only includes people who died within 28 days of a positive test.
When any death with Covid-19 on the death certificate is included the death toll is 57,690.
No other deaths were confirmed at other local hospital trusts today.
That means at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, which runs Sandwell and City hospitals, the death toll stands at 395.
And at the University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, which runs Stafford County and Stoke Royal hospitals, 362 people have died.
A total of 1,025 patients have died at the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust.
At the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, which runs New Cross and Cannock Chase hospitals, a total of 295 people have died.
At the Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, which runs Walsall Manor Hospital, 231 people have died.
A further 705 people have died in care homes across the Black Country, Birmingham and Staffordshire.
