More than 1,000 people have now died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after contracting coronavirus.
01.04.2020 - 20:25 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A third of hospital beds across the region are now occupied by people with coronavirus, the region’s health chief has revealed.
And while Sir Richard Leese said that a ‘sterling’ effort to free up space in the NHS meant that 40pc of beds are still currently free, the number of cases is now rising ‘quite rapidly now’, meaning they would almost certainly also be filled in the next few weeks.
Speaking at the mayor’s weekly press conference on the pandemic, the Manchester council leader said as of
More than 1,000 people have now died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after contracting coronavirus.
Every day we are reminded of the devastation left in the wake of coronavirus.
Almost 900 people with coronavirus have now died in Greater Manchester's hospitals.
Landlords across Manchester have been urged to offer some of their houses to NHS workers for free during the coronavirus pandemic.
Another 42 lives have been claimed by coronavirus in Greater Manchester's hospitals.
At least 550 people have died from coronavirus at Greater Manchester hospitals, according to the latest figures.
More than 500 people with coronavirus have now died in Greater Manchester's hospitals.
At least 359 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.
More than 2,000 people across Greater Manchester have now tested positive for coronavirus - and at least 246 people have died.
At least 246 people with coronavirus have now died in hospitals in Greater Manchester.
Tributes have been paid to a Greater Manchester Police worker who is believed to have died from coronavirus.
At least 165 people diagnosed with the Covid-19 virus have now died in hospitals across Greater Manchester, the NHS said on Friday.
At least 142 people have died at Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.
Twenty two more people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after contracting coronavirus.
Twenty more people have died at Greater Manchester's hospitals having contracted coronavirus.
Eleven more people have died at Greater Manchester's hospitals having contracted coronavirus.
The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Greater Manchester has shot up by more than 100 in the last 24 hours.
Visitors have been banned from almost all hospitals in Greater Manchester to prevent the further spread of coronavirus.
At least 54 people have died at Greater Manchester hospitals having contracted coronavirus, according to NHS data.
Andy Burnham says Greater Manchester ‘is as prepared as it can be’ for London levels of coronavirus cases in the next fortnight, as the capital’s hospital chiefs warned a ‘tsunami’ of cases threatened to overwhelm their system within days.