Salford now has 52 confirmed cases of coronavirus, up by five from the previous day, and now the second highest number of cases in Greater Manchester, behind Manchester which has 55.
Oldham and Stockport now have 48 cases, followed by Trafford with 46, Tameside 40, Rochdale 38, Bury 27, Bolton 25 and Wigan with 16.
As the statistics become grimmer by the day, the currently closed Princes Park Garden Centre in Irlam is cutting thousands of its flowers and making them into hundreds of bunches which will be given away to the elderly and vulnerable today at 11:30am by staff, volunteers and members of Centre's management committee, with partner organisation Helping Hands.
"Even the killer virus is helping to bring a degree of happiness into the lives of our older and most vulnerable people with the message stay home and stay safe" says Alec McFadden, Chair of Princes Park Garden Centre.
As the Salford community rallies round to help others, a new Quarrels in Quarantine survey reveals that behind closed doors things aren't so rosy...
CherryDigital.co, a public relations agency, conducted a survey of 3,800 Brits to find out how self-isolation due to Covid-19 is affecting people's relationships and found that a large majority - 68% - of respondents said working from home every day has already put a strain on their relationship with their partner.
Eight days is the longest the average person admits they could work from home with their partner before things become tense; 72% said that they do not have enough room to work comfortably from home if they live with their partner; and over half (61%) said working from home actually increases their productivity despite distractions from kids, pets and the tv.
The agency gives the following tips to un-strain relationships...
1) If you find yourselves having to work in close quarters, you can each use a pair of headphones to zone out and forget your significant other is in the room. This will allow you both to get through your to-do lists and organise your thoughts without having the other person distract you.
2) Learn a new hobby together. Now is the perfect time to maximise bonding through activities such as cooking (buy your ingredients online to minimise contact) or learn a new language.
3) Spend at least an hour per day on some sort of exercise routine. There are tons of at-home workout videos available online such as yoga, HIIT, dance routines and pilates.
4) Ease additional stress by keeping your home neat and tidy by splitting up the household chores.
For more details on Quarrels in Quarantine - click here
If that's all too much, the Royal Northern College of Music has links to free opera and concerts from all over the world...click here
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