No more deaths recorded in Sandwell

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There were no more coronavirus deaths recorded over the latest weekly period in Sandwell.

A total of 1,400 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus dashboard was updated on December 22 (Thursday) – which was unchanged from on December 15.

They were among 20,660 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 Sandwell.

A total of 175,007 deaths were recorded throughout England by December 22 (Thursday) – up from 174,356 last week.