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Zero Covid deaths announced in the UK for first time since pandemic began
Fantastic news for the UK!
The UK has announced zero daily Covid deaths within twenty-eight days of a positive test for the first time since the start of the pandemic.
Reports of daily deaths are often lower at weekends and at the start of the week because less counting takes place while statisticians are off – and adding in bank holidays will make this figure less certain still, as per the BBC.
The figure comes as there have been calls to delay easing Covid restrictions in England on June 21st due to warnings of a third wave.
Any deaths that happen on Tuesday will be reported in the following days.
Tragically, as of May 21st, the total number of covid-related deaths in Greater Manchester has exceeded 7,500.
An interactive map produced by the Office for National Statistics shows the number of deaths where Covid-19 was the main cause on the death certificate in every neighbourhood in England and Wales – each area has a population of around 8,000 and the latest figures cover deaths registered between March 2020 and March 2021.
With fifty deaths each, Castleton and Trub in Rochdale and Chadderton Central in Oldham have suffered the most fatalities in Greater Manchester.
Castlefield and Deansgate in Manchester city centre is the only neighbourhood in the region where no deaths have occurred.