New data from the Office for National Statistics shows that there were four sad coronavirus-related deaths in Salford care homes in the week up to 29th May (but registered up to 6th June). That's less than the previous week's six care home deaths which, hopefully, shows that the virus is getting under control in these places.
There have been three new cases of coronavirus in Salford, bringing the total to 955, up from 952.
Elsewhere in Greater Manchester, the low number of cases in also mirrored, with Manchester now totalling 1,635 cases (up from 1,631), followed by Wigan with 1,220 (up from 1,219), Stockport 1,058 (up from 1,057), Oldham 1,112 (up from 1,105), Bolton 1,038 (same), Trafford 844 (up from 842), Rochdale 833 (up from 830), Bury 790 (up from 789), and Tameside 785 (up from 778).
There has been one new sad death at Salford Royal Hospital.
Meanwhile, as the pandemic slows, the Black Lives Matter movement grows, with people in Greater Manchester being encouraged to 'Take The Knee' on their doorsteps at 6pm tonight, or to attend a social distanced event at Buile Hill Park Hall within Buile Hill Park.
The event is being organised by Stand Up To Racism, and 22 year old Ella Caldwell explains why she will take the knee in Old Trafford... "I'm taking the knee because I don't believe in 2020 black people should still be fighting for basic human rights", she says, while nurse Karen Reissmann adds: "'The out pouring of anger about George Floyd's brutal murder comes from years of growing racism, ongoing UK police brutality and discriminatory behaviour, growing low pay, and from months of Government disinterest and inaction in the disproportionate deaths of BAME people from Covid-19'
'It is heartening to see so many people so angry about what is being done to black people and prepared to do something about it" she adds "To hear Priti Patel tell people not to protest is an insult to all the black and white people outraged by racism."
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