A 'big cat' has been spotted in a Cheshire village, close to the Greater Manchester border.
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Coronavirus infection rates are continuing to fall across Greater Manchester and remain below the national average in all ten boroughs.
Latest data has revealed that cases are dropping in each of the boroughs, with some seeing a fall of as much as 40 per cent week on week.
Stockport continues to have the highest coronavirus infection rate in Greater Manchester with a rate of 257.7 cases per 100,000 people as of February 24.
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The lowest infection rate is in Oldham, where the rate is 130.9 cases per 100,000 people.
Oldham has also seen the biggest drop recently, with an infection rate decline of 40 per cent.
In Greater Manchester as a whole, the infection rate is now 193.7 cases per 100,000 population. The infection rate in the region is lower than the national average, which is 331.4 cases per 100,000 people.
A total of 5,492 people tested positive for coronavirus across Greater Manchester in the week which ended on February 24.
The Greater Manchester weekly total has decreased by 1780 cases compared to the previous week, which means the infection rate was down 24 per cent in the last week..
Hospital admissions
In the week ending on February 20, a total of 318 patients were admitted to Greater Manchester NHS hospitals with Covid-19. That is 107 fewer than the week before, a fall of 51%.
On Tuesday February 22, there were 26 Mechanical Ventilation (MV) beds occupied by Covid patients in Greater Manchester NHS hospitals. That is one fewer than a week earlier.
Deaths
In the week ending February 24, a total of 24 people died within 28 days of a positive Covid test across Greater Manchester, which is 19 fewer than the week before.
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