A FURTHER nine people have died in hospitals covered by the Pennine Acute Trust, bringing the total deaths in its hospital remit to 414.

The trust covers Fairfield Hospital in Bury, as well as other hospitals including Salford Royal and North Manchester General Hospital.

There has also now been 669 confirmed cases of the virus in Bury, up five from yesterday.

In North West hospitals a total of 3,826 people have passed away with Covid-19 while throughout English hospitals the figure is 24,913.

As of yesterday afternoon, nationally, 246,406 people have tested positive for coronavirus with 31,010 deaths associated with the virus.

In Bury, people have tested positive for Covid-19, a rate of 351.9 per 100,000, which is considerably higher than the national rate for England of 257.5 per 100,000.

The figures show that April 8 remains the single worst day for deaths, with 889 patients dying with coronavirus in hospitals across England.