today the region's second wave in terms of infection rates may have now peaked - but the pressure on hospitals is expected to continue to increase in the coming weeks.
New hospital admissions and inpatient diagnoses have fallen slightly across Greater Manchester in the past week.But there has been a further 14pc rise in Covid patients in hospital beds here, as people spend longer in hospital receiving treatment.Mr Burnham said today's figures paint an ‘encouraging picture, although we do have to point out, of course, that these are high case rates compared with the rest of the country’.“But, nevertheless, some signs of movement in a more positive direction," he added.Sadly, data published by NHS England this afternoon revealed 53 more.
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