Four more coronavirus deaths in Sandwell and Birmingham - expressandstar.com

Four more coronavirus deaths have been announced at hospitals in Sandwell and Birmingham.

Three people were today confirmed to have died at the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and one death was confirmed at the Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust.

All three deaths at the university trust, that runs Queen Elizabeth, Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull hospitals, happened on Friday.

The death at Sandwell and West Birmingham, which runs Sandwell General Hospital and City Hospital, happened last Sunday.

A further coronavirus patient has since died at the trust but their death was confirmed yesterday.

So far 2,558 people have died with coronavirus in hospitals in the Black Country, Birmingham and Staffordshire and 695 people have died with the disease in the region's care homes.