Around one in 14 hospital beds in Greater Manchester are currently occupied by patients with Covid, the latest figures have revealed.
As of Tuesday (March 7), 354 of the region's approximately 5,000 hospital beds were occupied by patients with the virus. There are also 33 people in 'general and acute' hospital beds and three in 'critical care' beds with flu.
In total, about 98pc of Greater Manchester's hospital beds are currently occupied. READ MORE: Girl gang beat up woman outside Tiki bar after one loses false fingernail in toilet brawl Earlier this week, it was announced that people aged 75 and over, those in care homes and anyone aged five and over who is immunosuppressed would be offered a spring Covid-19 booster jab.
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) said it has advised that certain groups of people should be offered the vaccinations, with options including the Pfizer, Moderna, Sanofi/GSK jabs.