Care home bosses are waiting over a WEEK for coronavirus test results amid rising infection rates

here Among them is Teresea, 63, a mum of five from Warrington, who told the Manchester Evening News : "My mum is in limbo - God’s waiting room. Why are we wrapping her in cotton wool so she can live longer? The quality of her life is more important than the quantity of years she has left.

confirmed more than 200 students and staff have tested positive for coronavirus in the past ten days.

hereAs of 9am on Wednesday, there had been a further 7,108 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK, slightly down on the 7,143 reported on Tuesday, which was the highest daily figure recorded since the outbreak began.It brings the total number of cases in the UK to 453,264.The Government also said a further 71 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Wednesday.This brings the UK total to 42,143.Separate figures published by the UK's statistics agencies show

hereBolton still has the highest infection rate in Greater Manchester - 231.That's followed by Manchester (207) and Bury (193).The figures, for the seven days to September 25, are based on tests carried out in laboratories (pillar one of the Government's testing programme) and in the wider community (pillar two).The rate is expressed as the number of new cases per 100,000 people.Data for the most recent three days - September 26-28 - has been excluded as it is incomplete and likely to be

hereData for the most recent three days has been excluded as it is incomplete and likely to be revised.Burnley is currently the place with the highest infection rate in the UK - with it standing at 269.9 per 100,000 people.Knowsley has the second highest rate, up from 137.2 to 265.1 with 400 new cases.Liverpool is in third place, where the rate has risen from 146.6 to 251.8, with 1,254 new cases.Bolton has the fifth highest infection rate in the country, with Manchester the ninth highest.Every

hugely damaging to residents' health, especially if they live with dementia.Now, care home bosses and charities are calling for a solution to enable safe visitation.Earlier this month, Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham spoke of testing for residents and visitors and vowed 'to have a look' at the issue.But on Thursday, a spokesman from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority said: "Under the current central Government measures, local areas with increased restrictions are advised to not

outbreak of 127 cases at Manchester Metropolitan University's Birley Campus and Cambridge Halls of Residence.

quickly rising in Bury.The town now has the second highest infection rate in Greater Manchester - second only to Bolton where the rate is 212.8.Bury recorded 173.3 cases per 100,000 people in the week ending September 20.More than 300 people in the borough tested positive for Covid-19 in just one week for the first time since the pandemic began.Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Tameside and Wigan all still have infection rates above 100.And the rate of infection is still rising in Stockport and

Bolton suggested it will help drive down coronavirus infection rates.Bolton has remained on ‘red’ alert for a number of weeks.There were 212 cases per 100,000 in the town at the beginning of the local lockdown on September 8.Greater Manchester’s other nine boroughs all remain on red alert too for the fourth day running, according to the latest figures from Public Health England.In Wigan, the rate jumped from 90.4 in the week ending September 18 to 101.9 in the week ending September 19.Rates are

one more coronavirus death has been recorded at Greater Manchester’s hospitals.

coronavirus tests were recorded in a week in Greater Manchester for the first time, the latest figures show.

Coronavirus infection rates continue to rise sharply across most of Greater Manchester with all ten boroughs now at the highest level of alert for the first time.Stockport and Trafford have now recorded an infection rate of more than 50 cases per 100,000 people in the local population - it's the first time the two boroughs have reached that milestone since the height of the pandemic in April.Manchester has also seen a significant rise in cases, registering 100 positive tests for three days in a

coronavirus cases per 100,000 people, the latest figures for Greater Manchester show.

the total number of positive cases in Greater Manchester increased by more than 50 per cent in one day.There were 576 positive cases confirmed in the region on Wednesday, compared with 374 on Tuesday.But that is likely to have been caused by the backlog of tests that have been taken that took longer to produce a result.A more accurate guide to the bigger picture is the infection rate.Our latest analysis of the data shows that Oldham is still seeing an increase in cases, but the infection rate

coronavirus outbreak began, the latest data for Greater Manchester shows.

more stringent restrictions on social gatherings anyway.The increase in infection rates is concerning to public health officials, given that there have been widespread complaints of people unable to get tested across Greater Manchester.In Oldham, people with symptoms were turned away from three walk-in testing sites with one MP claiming the online booking system has 'fallen over'.

there are widespread concerns at the number of coronavirus tests available and that could be a factor.We've reported on people being sent as far as Llandudno for a test or offered slots in Aberdeen.But the government insists testing in areas with outbreaks is being prioritised.Greater Manchester remains an area with one of the highest infection rates in the country, with seven of ten boroughs in the government's 'red alert' zone above 50 cases per 100,000 people.The three boroughs below that

hereSeven areas are currently in the 'red alert' zone, while three are 'amber'.In Salford, the infection rate fell from 82.3 to 80.4 while Bury's also dropped from 79.1 to 75.9.Manchester's shifted slightly from 75.4 to 74.9 and Rochdale's fell from 75.5 to 70.1.Wigan, Trafford and Stockport's infection rates are all increasing, according to the ONS data.Wigan's rate stands at 41.7, Trafford's 39.5 and Stockport's 39.5.However, the three boroughs still have the lowest transmission rates in

here"What you did was despicable."Your victims were entitled to be left to live their lives in peace - and to be treated with respect."But you sought to defraud them, and intimidated one of them."How low can a person get?"Manchester Crown Court heard that Ward, from Clayton, knocked on the front door of a house in Blackley, where a woman had lived alone for 10 years after her husband had passed away.At about 11.30am on Sunday, June 7, Ward told her he had been doing some work on guttering next

Strict new lockdown measures were imposed in the borough on Tuesday, mostly affecting the hospitality sector.