Salford has 111 new coronavirus cases, down from the previous day's 143, bringing the cumulative total to 12,633. The seven day average of cases has decreased to 1,161 from 1,175, as has the seven day rate per 100,000 population which fell from 454 to 448.6.
Elsewhere in Greater Manchester, all boroughs continue to see a slight drop in seven day totals, albeit at a high rate. Cases in Manchester during the latest seven day data period were 2,058 (down from 2,092), with a rate of 372.2 (down from 378.4), followed by Bolton with 1,255 (down from 1,274), with a rate of 436.4 (down from 443.1), and Oldham 1,306 (down from 1,349), with a rate of 550.8 (down from 568.9).
Wigan has 1,420 (down from 1,452), with a rate of 432.1 (down from 441.8), Tameside 889 (down from 919), with a rate of 392.5 (down from 405.8), Rochdale 1,142 (down from 1,169), with a rate of 513.5 (down from 525.6), Stockport 958 (down from 982), with a rate of 326.5 (down from 334.7), Bury 884 (down from 906), with a rate of 462.9 (down from 474.4), and Trafford 800 (down from 811), with a rate of 337 (down from 341.7).
There have been five new virus-related deaths announced by Salford Royal Hospital.
Tales of the Excluded
Marie Hinsby, from Bolton, is a freelance engineer in the construction industry who was a self employed sole trader but was told to set up as a limited company to get paid by clients. She is the only employee and the majority of her income is paid through dividends, which are taxed through corporation tax and then again as her own income.
"Having gone from sole trader to limited company there has been no tax gains, it's just the way I was advised to be set up" say Marie who is now one of the country's three million people excluded from one of the Government's financial support packages.
"I have been able to travel to gain work" she adds "half way across the country at times, spending more time away from my family, not being there to support the anxieties of my exam age children who are having to cope with erratic schooling and financial uncertainty. And I've had to do this as my husband is also excluded."
Marie's husband also works in construction, through short agency contracts that are sometimes PAYE and sometimes self employed. But his work stopped in March.
"Not eligible for SEISS or any other grants, we applied for Universal Credit" she says "Due to my work we were not eligible for that - and then the month when my work had dropped off and we may have been entitled to a payment, his account was closed because someone had tried to make a fraudulent claim in his name! We tried to get it sorted - called UC a few times, was told we would get a call from our claims officer as a matter of urgency (on three separate occasions) but no call. So we became excluded from Universal Credit as well.
"It appears that once you're excluded from the initial support packages, that is it - all other options of small business grants, extra funding, all depends on you qualifying in the first place, so we are consistently excluded" Marie explains "And the exclusion itself has had an impact on us all - feeling worthless, irrelevant and not worthy of being part of our country. Our children - bright futures ahead of them - don't want their futures to be in the UK.
"We are not extravagant people" she adds "We may be self employed but we don't have huge incomes - I work part time because my time with my family is far more valuable than the extra money I could earn. We live within our means and there are few luxuries that we could cut back on. We had savings put by to help the kids when they go off to University in the next couple of years - now rapidly getting used up on just getting by.
"Like most people, we are just an ordinary couple, working hard to give the kids a better future - we were just bloody unlucky with the choices we made in how we get paid" she concludes "We have all been let down, all we want is fairness and parity, and to be treated like we actually count!"
For more details see the ExcludedUK website – click here and Facebook group – click here
Today, between 1pm and 2pm ExcludedUK is holding an online event with Greater Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham, Liverpool City Region Mayor, Steve Rotheram and London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, with more personal stories - for details click here
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