the region's hospital death toll reached 2,000 yesterday (Saturday). Some 2,007 people have now passed away having contracted COVID-19 at Greater Manchester's NHS trusts.The figures do not include deaths in the community, such as care homes, so the true number is likely to be far greater.On Sunday, NHS England reported another death at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, from June 19; and another at Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, from June 20.The total number of coronavirus deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester as of Sunday, June 20: The number of hospital patients dying from Covid in Greater Manchester has halved this week, from 28 to 14, the Manchester Evening News reported on Friday (June 19).