Don't miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inbox Another 16 people have died at Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.
The latest NHS figures bring the region's hospital death toll to 5,798. In the last 24-hour reporting period, eight further coronavirus-related deaths were reported at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.
Three deaths were recorded at the Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, and three at Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust reported two more deaths.
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