Four more deaths recorded in Birmingham

There were four more coronavirus deaths recorded over the latest weekly period in Birmingham.

A total of 3,787 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus dashboard was updated on September 29 (Thursday) – up from 3,783 a week previously.

They were among 19,771 deaths recorded across the West Midlands.

The figures include anyone who died within 28 days of a positive test result for Covid-19, and whose usual residence was in Birmingham.

A total of 166,623 deaths were recorded throughout England by September 29 (Thursday) – up from 166,228 last week.