One more death recorded in Rugby

There was one more coronavirus death recorded over the latest weekly period in Rugby.

By Will Grimond, Data Reporter

Published 19th May 2023, 10:30 BST

A nurse puts on PPE in a ward for Covid patients at King's College Hospital, in south east London. Picture date: Tuesday December 21, 2021.

There was one more coronavirus death recorded over the latest weekly period in Rugby.

The latest figures from the UK coronavirus dashboard show a total of 321 people had died in the area by May 4 – up from 320 on the week before.

They were among 22,578 deaths recorded across the West Midlands.

The weekly figures now include anyone whose death certificate – registered up to 14 days before May 18 (Thursday) – mentions Covid-19 as one of the causes.

A total of 191,377 deaths were recorded throughout England by May 4.