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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Charlotte Dobson

Another 14 people die in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for Covid-19

Another 14 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for Covid-19.

The region's coronavirus hospital death toll has now reached 5,530, the latest NHS figures show.

Five more deaths were recorded at Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

The trust's figures include those for North Manchester General, the Royal Oldham, Rochdale Infirmary and Fairfield General.

Elsewhere, Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust and Salford Royal recorded three new deaths each.

Two more deaths were recorded at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and one at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust.

The total number of coronavirus-related deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Wednesday, February 24, are:

  • Bolton NHS Foundation Trust - 606
  • Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust - 9
  • Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust - 1,086 (+2)
  • NHS Nightingale Hospital North West - 6
  • Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust - 1,510 (+5)
  • Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust - 7
  • Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust - 480 (+3)
  • Stockport NHS Foundation Trust - 515
  • Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust - 549 (+3)
  • The Christie NHS Foundation Trust - 27
  • Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust - 735 (+1)

Nationally, a further 302 people who tested positive for coronavirus have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 82,156.

Patients were aged between 32 and 103 years old. All except 14 (aged 32 to 91 years old) had known underlying health conditions.

Date of death ranges from October 21 to February 23 with the majority being on or after February 19.

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