Greater Manchester's hospitals could 'fall over' this month

Deputy mayor issues dire warning about 'unprecedented' surge in cases

Good morning members — this is an update on the latest Covid-19 numbers following an unusually ominous briefing from Greater Manchester’s leaders yesterday, plus a bit of analysis that tries to put them in context. If you find it useful, feel free to forward it to friends.

If you’ve missed either of our members’ stories this week, yesterday’s was about the fight to save a unique mural in a church in Oldham, and Tuesday’s was about how a local business that sells lingerie online is being impacted by Brexit.

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