Thirteen more people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.
The region's hospital death toll has now reached 4,328, the latest NHS figures show.
Six more deaths have been recorded at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust in the last 24 hours.
Meanwhile, Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust recorded two more deaths each.
Health leaders are planning for a third Covid peak in Greater Manchester hospitals within 10 to 14 days, with bed demand now the same as the end of October.
Figures obtained by the M.E.N. show there are now 1,041 people with Covid in hospitals here, a 21pc rise in three weeks, with 119 of those in ICU or high dependency units.
The total number of coronavirus deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Wednesday, January 6 are:
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust - 478 (+1)
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust - 9
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust - 801
NHS Nightingale Hospital North West - 6
Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust - 1,203
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust - 7
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust - 380 (+2)
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust - 361 (+6)
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust - 451 (+2)
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust - 20
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust - 611 (+2)
Nationally, a further 674 people who tested positive for coronavirus have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 53,069.
Patients were aged between 21 and 101 years old. All except 29 (aged 50 to 101 years old) had known underlying health conditions.
Date of death ranges from November 11 to January 5.
