Nearly half of care homes in Greater Manchester have reported COVID-19 outbreaks - check your area

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Nearly half of care homes in Greater Manchester have reported outbreaks of coronavirus. There were 254 suspected or confirmed COVID-19 cases reported in care homes in Greater Manchester between March 9 and May 10.

Government data shows that 45pc of the 566 care homes in our area have had cases of the virus. There were seven new suspected or confirmed outbreaks in care homes in the area in the week ending May 10.

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That was down from 11 newly reported the week before, and down from a peak of 66 reports in the week ending April 12. Across England, a total of 5,546 suspected or