One more death recorded in Sandwell

There was one more coronavirus death recorded in the latest 24-hour period in Sandwell.

A total of 1,297 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on May 31 (Tuesday) – up from 1,296 on Monday.

They were among 18,381 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.

Daily death counts are revised each day, with each case backdated to the actual date of death.

A total of 155,380 deaths were recorded throughout England by May 31 (Tuesday) – up from 155,270 on Monday.