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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Charlotte Dobson

Five more die after testing positive for coronavirus in Greater Manchester

Five more people have died in Greater Manchester after testing positive for coronavirus.

The latest daily NHS figures brings the region's death toll to 2,093.

Four more lives were lost at Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, while another death was recorded at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.

The number of people dying of coronavirus in hospital has been falling for some weeks in Greater Manchester.

However, NHS England's daily figures include people who died in care homes or other community settings.

The total number of coronavirus deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Wednesday, July 8 is:

  • Bolton NHS Foundation Trust - 225
  • Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust - 9
  • Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust - 429
  • NHS Nightingale Hospital North West - 6
  • Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust - 549
  • Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust - 6
  • Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust - 178
  • Stockport NHS Foundation Trust - 215
  • Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust - 210
  • The Christie NHS Foundation Trust - 13
  • Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust - 253

The NHS publishes data relating to the number of deaths that have been recorded at each hospital trust in England in the last 24 hours.

These are deaths where the person had tested positive for the virus or where COVID-19 was mentioned on their death certificate.

These often include previously uncounted deaths that took place several days - or even weeks ago.

This is because of the time it takes for deaths to be confirmed as testing positive for COVID-19, for post-mortem examinations to be processed and for data from the tests to be validated.

Another 42 people, who tested positive for coronavirus have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 28,969.

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