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direct to your inboxA further 19 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.The region's hospital death has risen to 5,141, the latest NHS figures show.Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust recorded five more deaths each.Four more Covid-related deaths were confirmed at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust while the Royal Bolton recorded three.Two more deaths were recorded at Pennine

direct to your inboxA further 36 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.The region's hospital death toll has risen to 5,122, the latest NHS figures show.Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust recorded another 21 deaths in the latest reporting period.Another four people have died at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, and another five lives have been lost at Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.A further three people have died at Wrightington, Wigan,

direct to your inbox A further 40 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for  coronavirus.

Captain Tom Moore has been admitted to hospital after testing positive for coronavirus.The news was confirmed by his family and he first tested positive for the virus last week and has since been suffering with pneumonia. A statement was shared on the Twitter account of Captain Tom’s by his daughter Hannah, and it read: “I wanted to update everybody that today (Sunday 31 January) my father was admitted to hospital.

Jessie James Decker had a scary incident with her 2-year-old son, Forrest, on Wednesday night. In an Instagram post, she shared that she had to take Forrest to the hospital after he experienced breathing issues.

Jessie James Decker had a scary incident with her 2-year-old son, Forrest, on Wednesday night. In an Instagram post, she shared that she had to take Forrest to the hospital after he experienced breathing issues.This is Forrest's third trip to the hospital in six weeks, the 32-year-old singer also shared.

direct to your inbox A further 27 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for  coronavirus.

direct to your inboxFrontline staff at Stockport council are being offered rapid Covid tests as part of a targeted approach to bringing infection rates down.The lateral flow tests - which deliver a result in 30 minutes - will also be available to ‘partner organisations’ such as voluntary sector groups working with the public.Invitations will be sent to staff who are unable to work solely from home, especially those who have face-to-face contact with the over 70s.Around one in three people

direct to your inbox A further 38 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.

direct to your inboxAnother 21 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.The region's hospital death toll now stands at 4,812.In the last 24 hours 10 more deaths were recorded at Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, while eight people died at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.Two fatalities were reported at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and one person died at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.The total number of

crash saw a car flip on its roof in Glasgow. Mercy crews raced on Newlands Road in the south side of the city at around 2:45pm yesterday after calls from members of the public.

direct to your inboxAnother 17 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for Covid-19.It means the region's hospital death toll now stands at 4,774.In the last 24 hours a further five deaths were recorded at Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and four more people died at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust.A further three deaths were reported at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust and two people died at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.Manchester University

direct to your inboxA year ago I would not have expected to be standing in front of a masked uniformed soldier while he mixed a vial containing some of my saliva.But this is 2021, and rapid coronavirus testing for people without symptoms is set to become a normal part of life in Oldham.The council and British army have teamed up to roll out four new testing sites which will offer lateral flow tests to residents who cannot work from home, similar to the mass testing programme which began in

direct to your inboxThe NHS has sadly confirmed the deaths of 29 more patients in hospitals in Greater Manchester who had tested positive for Covid-19.The region's hospital death toll now stands at 4,757.NHS bosses said on Friday a further 993 people who tested positive for the virus have died in hospitals across England.It brings the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 65,104.In the north west, a further 94 hospital deaths were reported, the NHS said on Friday.A

direct to your inboxTwenty-seven more people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.The region's hospital death toll has now reached 4,645, the latest NHS figures show.Nine more deaths have been recorded at Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.The trust's figures include those for North Manchester General, the Royal Oldham, Fairfield General and Rochdale Infirmary.Eight further deaths were confirmed by Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation

direct to your inboxA further 23 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.It means the region's hospital death toll has now reached 4,583, the latest NHS data shows.In the last 24 hours seven more deaths were recorded at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust, while another five people died at both Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.Bolton NHS Foundation Trust and Manchester

direct to your inboxThirty-five more people have died Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.The region's hospital death toll has now reached 4,560, the latest NHS data shows.Sixteen more deaths were recorded at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; the organisation in charge of the Manchester Royal Infirmary and Wythenshawe Hospital.Meanwhile, six more deaths were recorded at Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, five at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust and three at

direct to your inboxThe sites where rapid Covid-19 tests will be available to people across Rochdale have been confirmed by health chiefs.The new FAST (Find and Stop Transmission) testing programme being rolled out from Monday aims to identify people who have the virus but have not fallen ill.Those who test positive will then know to self-isolate, helping to slow the spread of the virus in the borough.Anyone who cannot work from home or comes into regular contact with the public is encouraged to

direct to your inboxA further 21 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after contracting coronavirus.The region's hospital death toll has risen to 4,525, the latest NHS figures show.Ten people died after testing positive for the virus at Stepping Hill Hospital, which is run by Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust recorded five deaths each.One more coronavirus-related death was recorded at Salford