Sign up to the MyStockport newsletter to keep up with all the top stories Hospitals in Greater Manchester head into ‘freedom day’ with more Covid-19 patients than at any point since late March, the Manchester Evening News has found.
Data from NHS England shows that 363 patients were in hospital with the virus on July 13 — the last day data was available before most coronavirus restrictions are lifted tomorrow (July 19).
The last time the 11 NHS Trusts in the city-region had that many patients was on March 17, just after the government began easing lockdown rules. READ MORE: The latest coronavirus infection rates as cases rise in eight Greater Manchester boroughs On March 8, step one of the country’s ‘roadmap’ out of the pandemic kicked