Coronavirus cases continue to drop in all but one Greater Manchester borough
12.05.2022 - 00:59
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The coronavirus infection rates have continued to fall in nine boroughs of Greater Manchester, but have seen a rise of seven per cent in one local authority area, according to the latest data data.
Manchester saw a total of 516 cases in the week ending May 7, however Trafford continues to have the highest coronavirus infection rate in the region. The borough recorded a rate of 105.2 cases per 100,000 people in the week ending May 7.
The lowest infection rate is in Oldham, where the rate is 69.4 cases per 100,000 people. In Greater Manchester as a whole, the infection rate is now 91.6 cases per 100,000 population - still below than the national average, which is 108.1 cases per 100,000.
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A total of 2,597 people tested positive for coronavirus across Greater Manchester in the week which ended on May 7. The Greater Manchester weekly total has decreased by 439 cases compared to the previous week, which means the infection rate was down 14 per cent in the last week.
Hospital admissions
In the week ending on May 01, a total of 373 patients were admitted to Greater Manchester NHS hospitals with Covid-19. That is 49 fewer than the week before, a fall of 15 per cent.
On Tuesday May 03, there were 17 Mechanical Ventilation (MV) beds occupied by Covid patients in Greater Manchester NHS hospitals. That is the same as a week earlier.
Deaths
In the week ending May 7, a total of 48 people died within 28 days of a positive Covid test across Greater Manchester, which is 1 fewer than the week before. Since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 991,370 confirmed coronavirus cases in Greater Manchester. There has been a