The total number of coronavirus deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Thursday, July 23, now stands at:The NHS publishes on the number of deaths recorded by each hospital trust in the last 24 hour period.These are deaths where the person had tested positive for the virus or where COVID-19 was mentioned on their death certificate.These often sometimes include previously uncounted deaths that took place several days - or even weeks ago.
The Department of Health and Social Care last week announced it was pausing its reporting of deaths in all settings, pending an urgent review into how Public Health England (PHE) calculates those figures.