WORCESTERSHIRE’S “all settings” coronavirus death toll has risen to 523, new figures show.
The latest Office of National Statistics (ONS) data shows five county people - with Covid-19 mentioned on the death certificate - in total died during the latest week of data available, June 26 and July 3.
The figures, which cover people who died from Covid-19 and the local authority area in which they lived, show during that week all five people died of Covid-19 in hospital.
Of the five people, one was from Worcester, one from Malvern, two from Wychavon and one was from Wyre Forest.
There were no deaths in the county in a care home, hospice, a communal establishment or elsewhere.
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And no one from Bromsgrove or Redditch died during that week.
The latest ONS figures reveal 523 Worcestershire people, classed as having Covid-19, had died up to July 3. They include:
133 Bromsgrove residents: 74 in hospital, 54 in a care home, four elsewhere and one in a communal establishment.
114 Wyre Forest residents; 64 in hospital, 39 in a care home, nine at home and two in a communal establishment.
108 Wychavon residents; 49 in hospital, 48 in a care home, four at home, four in a communal establishment, two in a hospice and one elsewhere.
62 people from Worcester; 28 in hospital, 27 in a care home, four at home, two in a communal establishment and one in a hospice.
59 people from Redditch; 48 in hospital, eight in a care home, two at home, and one in a communal establishment.
47 people from Malvern; 24 in hospital, 20 in a care home, two at home and one in a communal establishment.
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