'Come to flat 8, we've all got Rona'... Self-isolating students at Manchester University host 'Covid Positive' parties

operators are now legally required to make customers aware of this.

The total number of coronavirus deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Friday, October 16 is:Bolton NHS Foundation Trust - 263Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust - 9Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust - 492NHS Nightingale Hospital North West - 6Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust - 603Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust - 6Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust - 204Stockport NHS Foundation Trust - 241Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust -

coronavirus in the north west, the health secretary has said. Matt Hancock made the claim in response to comments from Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham, who accused the government of treating the region as a 'canary in the coal mine'.

hereHowever when asked whether local Labour leaders and mayors supported the policy, he didn’t answer directly.The Labour leader said there was consensus among Labour MPs on the policy.Greater Manchester has been at loggerheads with the government since the end of last week, when Number 10 made clear that it wanted to put the conurbation into ‘tier three’ of new local lockdown measures - meaning its bars and restaurants would have to close.Local leaders have been fiercely opposed to the move,

the city’s public health department delivered hundreds of tests to students self isolating in the blocks.

The total number of coronavirus deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Friday, October 9:Each day the NHS in England publishes the number of deaths recorded by each hospital trust in the last 24-hour period.These are deaths where the person had tested positive for the virus or where COVID-19 was mentioned on their death certificate.NHS England's daily figures sometimes include previously uncounted deaths that took place several days - or even weeks ago.They do not include deaths

were put into lockdown last month.Those living at the accommodation, in Hulme, were told to self-isolate for a fortnight 'with immediate effect' amid rising infection rates.The M.E.N can now reveal that a total of 544 staff and students have tested positive for Covid-19 since September 14.Between September 14 and 20 a total of 42 students and two staff tested positive.The following week - between September 21 and 27 - a total of 489 students and 11 staff received positive coronavirus tests.

A payment scheme which will support self-isolating residents who are unable to work from home has been launched in Manchester where cases remain at a ‘precarious level’.Those who are eligible for the scheme will receive a one-off support payment of £500 to cover living costs while staying at home to limit the spread of Covid-19.As of September 28 anyone who has tested positive for the virus, or has been contacted by the national test and trace service, is now required by law to self-isolate.But

discovery of a rogue spreadsheet somewhere in the bowels of Whitehall has done little to lighten the mood of those dealing with the pandemic here. Last night Public Health England confirmed nearly 16,000 cases had been ‘stalled’ in the national computer system for a week, due to a hitherto apparently unknown computer error.

on the university's website.The University of Manchester (UoM) has so far ruled out an MMU style lockdown at its halls.On Monday, the M.E.N asked if this was now a possibility.A UoM spokesperson said: “The safety and wellbeing of our students, staff and the wider local community is the University’s primary concern and we will support them in every way we can.“We are concerned by the rising rate in Manchester and we will be meeting with Public Health colleagues as a matter of urgency to discuss

vowed to do as much as they can to help the 1,500 MMU students isolating in halls.But Priya is not the only student or parent in Manchester to have struggled to find help.First year student Molly Chambers described a similar situation at Oak House in Fallowfield.She says isolating students have feared leaving their flats to use the communal laundry facilities outside and have been washing clothes in the bath."I've been bringing food to people, picking up post, but it's very difficult when you're

coronavirus. In the ten days between September 21 and September 30, 370 Covid cases were confirmed among students.Twelve staff also tested positive for the virus, the latest data published on the university's website shows.This brings the total number of confirmed cases at the university up to 382.

Manchester Evening News reported how Fallowfield, an area with a high-population of students, had become the country's Covid-19 hotspot.All boroughs in Greater Manchester remain in the red alert zone for infection rates.There were a total of 648 cases recorded in the region today, down from 897 yesterday.Although the numbers have flattened over the past couple of days in eight of the region's boroughs, and are down in Bury and Bolton, the rates in Greater Manchester are still heading upwards as

hereOn Thursday afternoon, after a two day sentencing hearing at Manchester Crown Court, Gray was jailed for 10 years.She pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of a loss of self control.Judge Patrick Field QC said the 'sense of loss and devastation' felt by the Gavin family was 'palpable'.He died just weeks before his second child was born.The courtroom was full of his family, who listened on as sentencing was passed.Among them was Martin Gavin, 20, David's younger brother.He told the

reached 331. Today a further 23 have been confirmed across the region, bringing the total to 354.

revealed that the infection rate for people aged 17 to 21-years-old in Manchester rose to 745 cases per 100,000 people in the past week.Students and parents gave us multiple reports of confirmed cases of coronavirus at student accommodation including several halls of residence in Fallowfield.Yesterday, the university issued a statement to the M.E.N denying that there was a 'spike' or 'outbreak' in its Fallowfield accommodation.But that stance now appears to have changed following publication of

Rochdale primary school are facing their second round of isolation after further positive Covid cases at their school. Youngsters in Year 2 at Meanwood Primary School had just spent a fortnight at home after a child tested positive in their bubble when they were sent home for a second time last week.

reached 294.