Hundreds of Manchester Metropolitan University students tested for coronavirus during major campus lockdown

coronavirus cases.

Mayor Andy Burnham and other local leaders as they demand a return to the 80% furlough that would protect the incomes of thousands of people hit by business closures. In an interview with the Manchester Evening News, Dr Walker said he backed the mayor's stance because it had cross party support from Labour and Conservative MPs and council leaders across the region and because 'the things that are being argued for are the right things'.

The total number of coronavirus deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Sunday October 18 is:Bolton NHS Foundation Trust - 263Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust - 9Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust - 493NHS Nightingale Hospital North West - 6Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust - 613Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust - 6Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust - 204Stockport NHS Foundation Trust - 241Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust -

herePatients were aged between 44 and 99 years old.

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'.

said it was unfair for students to continue footing £9k-a-year for tuition when they were not getting the ‘full university experience’. Most students at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) and the University of Manchester (UoM) will be taught online until at least October 30.

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.

self-isolating students who say they are not getting enough support.One member of staff, who asked not to be named, said: "Personally, it's my sole source of income, if I don't get paid until the end of November that's a whole extra month without a proper source of income."It's a bit rubbish, I know there's a lot of people in the same position."They've known this was coming for a long time, the whole thing with teaching this year has been shambolic."We didn't even know if we would be teaching

Manchester is the country's coronavirus hotspot as new data shows it has the highest infection rate of any area in England.

went into lockdown following an outbreak of 127 Covid cases.Students said they had no prior warning and only found out when security staff at the gates told them they couldn't leave.

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The total number of coronavirus deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Tuesday, September 29, is:A total of 44 people who tested positive for Covid-19 died in England's hospitals, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths to 29,962.Patients were aged between 47 and 99 years old.

The decision to ask hundreds of students at Manchester Met University to stay in lockdown has been brewing for more than a month.As far back as August, Manchester's public health team agreed a ten-point plan for the next stage of the coronavirus pandemic that included a specific clause on universities.While outbreaks at primary and secondary schools made the headlines earlier in September, officials have always been concerned that the return of university students would become a major

Manchester Evening News online learning would remain in place for a fortnight.

reported last weekend that a number of students were already self isolating at the Birley campus, in Hulme, days after a 100-strong party was reported in the courtyard.Since then, case numbers have soared to 127 across that site and Cambridge Halls, with a number of other students also recording symptoms.

The total number of coronavirus deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Thursday, September 24, is:Across England, a further 30 people, who tested positive for coronavirus, have died.It brings the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 29,838.Patients were aged between 18 and 101 years old.

Manchester Evening News and the Local Democracy Reporting Service can reveal. The response to a Freedom of Information request to Stockport NHS Foundation Trust shows 391 people left the hospital for 'care settings' between March 1 and April 15 this year.Of these, 63 were tested for Covid.