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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Damon Wilkinson

Three more people die in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus

Three more people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals within 28 days of having a positive coronavirus test.

It means the region's coronavirus hospital death toll is now 5,676, the latest NHS England figures show.

All three deaths recorded in the last 24 hours took place at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust.

It brings the total number of Covid-related fatalities at the hospital to 492.

The total number of coronavirus-related deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as Monday, March 8, is:

  • Bolton NHS Foundation Trust - 623

  • Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust - 9

  • Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust - 1,127

  • NHS Nightingale Hospital North West - 6

  • Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust - 1,545

  • Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust - 8

  • Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust - 492 (+3)

  • Stockport NHS Foundation Trust - 534

  • Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust - 559

  • The Christie NHS Foundation Trust - 28

  • Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust - 745

Nationally, a further 101 people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospital in England, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths reported in hospitals to 84,467, NHS England said on Monday.

Patients were aged between 38 and 96. All except five, aged between 54 and 95, had known underlying health conditions.

The deaths were between January 5 and March 7, with the majority being on or after March 3.

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