Salford Royal Hospital has announced no new coronavirus-related deaths for six days in a row, while the city has just three new confirmed cases of the disease. The total now for Salford is 908, up from 905 the previous day.
Elsewhere in Greater Manchester, cases in Manchester now total 1,502 (up from 1,482), followed by Wigan with 1,133 (up from 1,130), Stockport 1,032 (up from 1,025), Oldham 1,029 (up from 1,024), Bolton 986 (up from 978), Trafford 784 (up from 770), Rochdale 752 (up from 747), Bury 711 (up from 693), and Tameside 658 (up from 653).
Yesterday, the Government announced £300million support for all local authorities to support its test and trace service...
"Each local authority will be given funding to develop tailored outbreak control plans, working with local NHS and other stakeholders" the Department of Health and Social Care stated "Work on the plans will start immediately. Their plans will focus on identifying and containing potential outbreaks in places such as workplaces, housing complexes, care homes and schools.
"As part of this work, local authorities will also need to ensure testing capacity is deployed effectively to high-risk locations" it added "Local authorities will work closely with the test and trace service, local NHS and other partners to achieve this.
"Data on the virus's spread will be shared with local authorities through the Joint Biosecurity Centre to inform local outbreak planning, so teams understand how the virus is moving, working with national government where necessary to access the testing and tracing capabilities of the new service" it explained.
Nadine Dorries, Minister for Patient Safety, Suicide Prevention and Mental Health, said: "Local authorities will be vital in the effort to contain COVID-19 at a community level. The pandemic requires a national effort but that will only be effective as a result of local authorities, working hand in hand with Public Health England and contact tracers to focus on the containment of local outbreaks, in order to control the transmission and the spread of the virus.
"For contact tracing to be effective when it is rolled out, we will need people to continue to follow guidelines and stay at home if they have symptoms" she added.
Eleven local authorities that will initially share best practice with others, and Tameside has been chosen as the lead authority for Greater Manchester Mayoral Combined Authority
Whether this system can be in place by 1st June so that schools can be opened wider remains to be seen...
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