THERE have been two further deaths related to coronavirus in Worcestershire hospitals, bringing the total up to 252.
The latest figures, announced by the NHS today (May 13), show the two more deaths were at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust hospitals, bringing its total to 229.
There have been no further deaths at Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, which runs community hospitals, so it remains at a total of 23.
The latest figures relate to new deaths being announced (the deaths did not all happen on the same day).
In England a further 244 people who tested positive for Covid-19 have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals nationally to 23,952.
Patients were aged between 49 and 99 years old.
The NHS says four of the 244 patients (aged between 51 and 78-years-old) had no known underlying health condition.
Their families have been informed.
The acute hospital trust covers Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Evesham Community Hospital as well as the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch and Kidderminster Hospital.
The health and care NHS trust covers community hospitals and rehabilitation wards, including Worcester City Impatient Unit, Malvern Community Hospital, Evesham Community Hospital, Pershore Community Hospital, the Princess of Wales Community Hospital in Bromsgrove, Tenbury Community Hospital and the Wye Forest Ward.
The figures on deaths relate to patients who have died in hospital and who have tested positive for Covid-19. They do not include deaths outside hospital, such as those in care homes, prisons, ambulances or in the community.
The government has now begun releasing a daily figure for deaths outside of hospitals.
Public Health England does not release a regional breakdown.
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