Five more deaths recorded in Manchester

There were five more coronavirus deaths recorded in the latest 24-hour period in Manchester.

The dashboard shows 1,313 people had died in the area by April 21 (Thursday) – up from 1,308 on Wednesday.

They were among 24,155 deaths recorded across the North West.

The figures include anyone who died within 28 days of a positive test result for Covid-19, and whose usual residence was in Manchester.

Daily death counts are revised each day, with each case backdated to the actual date of death.

A total of 150,468 deaths were recorded throughout England by April 21 (Thursday) – up from 149,844 on Wednesday.