At least 54 people have died at Greater Manchester hospitals having contracted coronavirus, according to NHS data.
08.03.2020 - 01:49 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
There were four more confirmed cases of coronavirus in Greater Manchester today.
At the start of the day the Department of Health said the number of confirmed cases in the UK had risen to 206.
And a total of 18 of those are in Greater Manchester.
So far, the number of positive cases in each borough are:
Three of the new cases confirmed today are in the city of Manchester itself.
Two Stockport residents have been treated in the city seeing government health officials class them as Manchester
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