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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Amy Walker

A further 25 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus

Another 25 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals within 28 days of testing positive for coronavirus.

The region's hospital death toll is now 5,380, NHS England figures show.

On Tuesday a further 13 deaths were recorded at Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, while Bolton NHS Foundation Trust reported a further nine deaths.

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust recorded two further deaths and Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust recorded one further death.

The total number of coronavirus deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Tuesday, February 16, are:

  • Bolton NHS Foundation Trust - 589 (+9)

  • Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust - 9

  • Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust - 1,052

  • NHS Nightingale Hospital North West - 6

  • Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust - 1,470 (+13)

  • Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust - 7

  • Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust - 459 (+2)

  • Stockport NHS Foundation Trust - 497

  • Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust - 539

  • The Christie NHS Foundation Trust - 26

  • Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust - 726 (+1)

A further 474 people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospital in England, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths reported in hospitals to 79,593, NHS England said on Tuesday.

Patients were aged between 26 and 99. All except 17, aged between 38 and 93, had known underlying health conditions.

The deaths were between April 1 2020 and February 15 2021, with the majority being on or after February 12.

There were 39 other deaths reported with no positive Covid-19 test result.

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