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The M.E.N reported in June that 30 of these deaths were at a single care home, Chadderton Total Care.

More than a hundred care home residents have died in Oldham with coronavirus listed on their death certificate.Between March 22 and June 15, health and social care chiefs say that 106 deaths of care home residents connected to Covid-19 have occurred in the borough, with 25 residents dying in hospital with the virus.A report to cabinet states that the largest number of deaths ‘believed to be Covid-19 related in a single home is 21’.However chief clinical officer Dr John Patterson previously confirmed that 30 people had died at Chadderton Total Care Unit care home at Middlewood Court.Office for National Statistics figures show there have been 221 Covid-19-related deaths in Oldham between March to the end of May.The figures were presented as

People doing 'lockdown DIY' are piling added pressure on the NHS as a rise in home improvements gone wrong is sending more residents to A&E.

Smokers are twice as likely to end up in intensive care or die if they contract coronvarius, a senior doctor has warned as he urged people to ditch cigarettes amid the pandemic.

Fewer recycling collections, libraries closed, longer waits for funerals and extra body storage – these are the ways Oldham council is preparing to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.