were put into lockdown last month.Those living at the accommodation, in Hulme, were told to self-isolate for a fortnight 'with immediate effect' amid rising infection rates.The M.E.N can now reveal that a total of 544 staff and students have tested positive for Covid-19 since September 14.Between September 14 and 20 a total of 42 students and two staff tested positive.The following week - between September 21 and 27 - a total of 489 students and 11 staff received positive coronavirus tests.
Last Wednesday (September 30), 837 students at the Birley and Cambridge halls were tested for the virus as part of a pilot scheme.However, the latest figures do not include any results from that mass testing scheme.Asymptomatic testing is only provided.