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direct to your inbox More than 5,500 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals alone after contracting coronavirus. And tragically, this number continues to rise everyday.

In Tameside, the latest infection rate is 184.6 cases per 100,000 people and the number of cases has gone down by 12 per cent. There was a fall of 14 per cent in cases in Manchester over the week ending February 23.

The total number of coronavirus-related deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Saturday, February 27, is:Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust - 740In England, a further 257 people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospital, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths reported in hospitals to 82,974, NHS England said on Saturday.Patients were aged between 23 and 98.All except seven, aged between 45 and 95, had known underlying health conditions.The

direct to your inboxAnother 13 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for Covid-19.The region's coronavirus hospital death toll has now reached 5,543, the latest NHS figures show.Five more deaths were registered at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, bringing it's total to 520 since the start of the pandemic.Three more were recorded by Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust - its total now standing at 1,513Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust registered

Bolton MP has said he is "not concerned" about the high rate of Covid-19 infections in the borough, stating hospital admissions and virus-related deaths were "down dramatically".

direct to your inboxHundreds of fines have been handed out for Covid breaches in Greater Manchester in the last week - including at weddings, house parties and Manchester Airport.Illegal barber shops in garden sheds, unlicensed backroom bars and crowded premises with no social distancing have been discovered during enforcement visits.The number of Covid-related incidents reported to police rose by almost a quarter in the last week as the half-term and a change in weather has seen more people

for the easing of lockdown restrictions, starting from next month.

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direct to your inboxAnother 16 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for Covid-19.The region's hospital death toll has now reached 5,516, the latest NHS figures show.Five new deaths were recorded by Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

direct to your inboxCoronavirus has brought heartache to thousands of families across Greater Manchester.More than 5,200 people have died in our region's hospitals alone. And tragically, this number is continuing to rise.

direct to your inbox A further 18 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.

direct to your inboxThe total number of coronavirus deaths in Greater Manchester is now approaching 7,000.And tragically every neighbourhood in the region except one has suffered at least one fatality. An interactive map produced by the Office for National Statistics shows the number of deaths where Covid-19 was the underlying (main) cause on the death certificate in every neighbourhood in England and Wales.

direct to your inboxHealth chiefs are growing increasingly concerned that Covid-19 cases in Greater Manchester are not falling as quickly as in other parts of the country - and fear the region could face being locked down for even longer.One director of public health has warned there continues to be a ‘reservoir’ of coronavirus circulating in the community, which is keeping infection rates high.As of Wednesday, all 10 Greater Manchester boroughs recorded an infection rate higher than the England

direct to your inboxThe NHS has confirmed the deaths of 18 more patients in hospitals in Greater Manchester who had tested positive for coronavirus.Nationally, a further 309 hospital deaths were reported on Thursday.Of those, 42 were in hospitals in the north west region.Six further deaths have been recorded at Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, with five more at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.Three further deaths were recorded at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust and at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh

direct to your inboxCoronavirus infections are falling across the majority of Greater Manchester.But as the latest covid heat map shows, there are big variations in the number of infections, from borough to borough and often with towns themselves. An interactive map shows the number of positive Covid test results in each neighbourhood across the country using Office for National Statistics (ONS) data.

direct to your inbox A further 34 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for  coronavirus.

direct to your inboxAs Storm Darcy continues to grip parts of the UK in a wintry blast, a yellow weather warning for snow remains in place today for parts of Greater Manchester.Snow and ice warnings remain in place for most of England and Scotland as the effects of Storm Darcy continue to cause traffic delays and other hazards.The Met Office has yellow warnings for snow and ice current for the eastern half of Great Britain extending to the Shetland Islands, advising of likely longer journey

Preparing Your Car For The MOT Test, Nutrition Nuggets For Lockdown Wellbeing, Introduction To Hairstyling, and Grow A Garden From Your Kitchen.Julia Heap, principal and CEO of Hopwood Hall College said: “We are truly delighted to offer this gift to the people of Greater Manchester.

direct to your inboxInfection rates in several areas of Greater Manchester are moving away from the national average.As of February 3, six boroughs across the region had a higher proportion of cases per 100,000 people than England as a whole.Rochdale, Wigan, Stockport, Salford, Manchester and Bolton now have a higher infection rate than the country's average, which is 222.4.Greater Manchester's average infection rate has also surpassed this figure, at 242.8 cases per 100,000 people.Bolton

Radcliffe has been approved by the government.The proposal for the new facility - submitted by Star Academies and backed by Bury council - is one of four new free schools to have been given the green light across Greater Manchester.A further ten of the region's schools are set be rebuilt as part of a £1 billion scheme to boost education.The town has been without a high school since Radcliffe Riverside shut in 2014, meaning hundreds of youngsters have been forced to attend schools in other areas