OFFICIAL figures show 199 people have now died with coronavirus at Russells Hall Hospital in Dudley.
The current death toll at the Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust has been confirmed in latest stats from NHS England, published today (Friday, April 24).
NHS figures confirmed a further three deaths at the Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust on April 24.
This comes after five deaths were confirmed at the Trust on Thursday, April 23.
Daily NHS England figures relate to deaths confirmed on that day- this does not necessarily mean that they happened on the same day that they were confirmed.
Nationally, a further 684 people have died in UK hospitals after testing positive for Covid-19, according to Department of Health figures released this afternoon.
This brings the official death toll in UK hospitals to 19,506 people.
The nationally released figures do not include deaths that took place in care homes or in the community.
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