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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Damon Wilkinson

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

Another 25 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.

It brings the region's hospital death toll to 5,491.

In the last 24 hours a further eight deaths were recorded at Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Seven people died at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, and five deaths were reported at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust.

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust and Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust each reported one death.

The total number of coronavirus-related deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Saturday, February 20, are:

  • Bolton NHS Foundation Trust - 602 (+3)

  • Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust - 9

  • Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust - 1,077 (+7)

  • NHS Nightingale Hospital North West - 6

  • Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust - 1,498 (+8)

  • Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust - 7

  • Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust - 473 (+5)

  • Stockport NHS Foundation Trust - 515

  • Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust - 544 (+1)

  • The Christie NHS Foundation Trust - 27

  • Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust - 733 (+1)

Across England a further 307 people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospital.

It brings the total number of confirmed deaths reported in hospitals to 81,046, NHS England said on Saturday.

Patients were aged between 16 and 100. All except four, aged between 16 and 68, had known underlying health conditions.

The deaths were between January 12 and February 19.

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