Salford has recorded no new confirmed cases of coronavirus as the total stays at 977 for the second consecutive day. Over half of all Greater Manchester areas have seen no new virus cases...
Confirmed virus cases in Manchester now total 1,720 (same), followed by Wigan with 1,232 (up from 1,231), Oldham 1,152 (same), Stockport 1,089 (up from 1,085), Bolton 1,055 (same), Trafford 882 (up from 881), Rochdale 881 (down from 882), Tameside 863 (same), and Bury 815 (same).
Salford Royal Hospital recorded no new virus-related deaths. This is the third time in four days with no new virus cases in Salford or virus-related deaths at Salford Royal Hospital.
Meanwhile, a new report from Greater Manchester Combined Authority shows some of the economic fall-out from the pandemic...
...The volume of export documents processed by the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce decreased by 16% month on month in May to 1,821, and declined 45% year on year.
...Greater Manchester saw a 90% rise in the volume of claims for unemployment between March and May but less than the national 110% increase. There were 141,740 unemployment benefit claimants in May, including Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) claimants and the unemployment elements of Universal Credit.
...The total number of people on Universal Credit in Greater Manchester in May was 285,211, a 63% increase since the start of the lockdown, with 110,571 new claims.
...As expected, consumer confidence and job vacancies all but collapsed during the lockdown. Job vacancy adverts were down by over 2,000 on the previous year. There was a drop of 5,470 job adverts in the first week of May, compared to the first week of February.
The Greater Manchester Combined Authority is now developing a one year Greater Manchester Living with Covid Plan to help the region recover. Details are not available yet.
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