Health chiefs are battling a Covid-19 outbreak at Greater Manchester hospital where 18 people died from the virus in a week.In recent weeks, Tameside and Glossop NHS trust has seen a rise in mortality rates as more older people become seriously ill.There were 18 confirmed deaths at Tameside General Hospital from Covid-19 in the week to September 10.
That accounted for a third of all deaths in England.Of those, five people died at the hospital in one day on September 7.It is unclear how many of the people who died caught the virus while already being treated at the facility for other conditions.Brendan Ryan, the trust’s medical director, revealed the outbreak of coronavirus cases had been mostly caused by people coming into the hospital.