Five more deaths recorded in Rochdale

There were five more coronavirus deaths recorded over the latest weekly period in Rochdale.

A total of 919 people had died in the area when the UK coronavirus dashboard was updated on September 29 (Thursday) – up from 914 a week previously.

They were among 26,596 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 Rochdale.

A total of 166,623 deaths were recorded throughout England by September 29 (Thursday) – up from 166,228 last week.