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A 21-year-old woman has become the youngest person to have died after contracting coronavirus in the UK, despite having no pre-existing health conditions. Chloe Middleton, from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, is believed to have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus, on Saturday (March 21).
An empty shop at Birmingham New Street station has become an NHS outpatient clinic for patients to have routine blood tests away from hospital. Network Rail is providing the former retail space for free to medics for six months to alleviate pressure on Midlands hospitals as they deal with the coronavirus pandemic.
The Birmingham National Exhibition Centre (NEC) is to become the next temporary coronavirus hospital. The Birmingham site, located off the M42 motorway, has 18 exhibition halls for world-famous events, such as Crufts, and could see exhibition halls used to treat patients.
West Midlands Police have launched a murder investigation after the body of a woman was discovered inside a house in Aston in Birmingham on Monday night. Police officers were called to Sutton Street in Aston just after 6pm on Monday (March 23), where a 47-year-old woman was found deceased inside her home.