Coronavirus cases in Bury have almost doubled in the last week

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Wigan will be removed from local lockdown measures which were implemented last month on Wednesday (August 26).

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Salford in the week ending August 16, up from 63 in the previous week. The jump in cases marked an increase of just over 50 pc.

can be downloaded at this link.The number of coronavirus cases across Greater Manchester began to rise around July 16th and local lockdown measures were announced on July 30th.The case numbers continued to rise up until the end of last week but in recent days have levelled out and may now be falling.There has been no related increase in the number of hospital admissions with Covid-19 or people diagnosed with Covid-19 while in hospital and the majority of recent positive cases have been through

higher number of cases than Alexander Park and Werneth.But both Oldham neighbourhoods have seen a fall in the number of infections over the last week with Alexandra Park's figure dropping by more than a third from 72 to 44.Elsewhere there's a concentration of cases around central and east Manchester with Piccadilly, Ancoats, Ardwick, Beswick, Openshaw, Belle Vue, West Gorton and Levenshulme North all reporting between 10 and 13 cases.Meanwhile, the number of cases in Wigan remains the lowest in

An interactive map using government statistics breaks down the number of coronavirus cases in an area through colour coding, ranging from between zero and two cases to more than 40.

hereProgress will be assessed throughout the weekend and early next week.Health minister Edward Argar said: “I’d like to thank everyone in Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, East Lancashire and Leicester for their continued patience in following these vital rules put in place to tackle the spread of the disease – I know it hasn’t been easy."We will review the measures again next week as part of our ongoing surveillance and monitoring of the latest data."It is essential we all remain vigilant

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The number of people to have tested positive for coronavirus in Bolton has increased for a fourth week in a row – but the mayor of Greater Manchester says a full local lockdown of the region is not yet necessary.There were 27.1 positive tests of COVID-19 per 100,000 people in the borough in the seven days up to August 8, rising from 23 the week before.Bolton is following the general trend in Greater Manchester – although Oldham has shot up to 108.8 and Wigan remains much lower at 7.3.The

recorded the highest number of COVID-19 cases since the peak of the pandemic last week. It’s unclear why Oldham has become such a hotspot compared to other parts of Greater Manchester, but residents have their own ideas."People aren’t obeying lockdown,” says Hazel Banks, who lives near Alexandra Park, one of the worst affected areas in Oldham."Everyday since the start, people have been ignoring it."We see it at our neighbour’s.

Wigan still has the lowest rate of infection in Greater Manchester with 7.3 cases of Covid-19 per 100,000 people, although it has marginally increased from the week before.

A new government data map shows that most of the cases have been reported in nine areas, with a high concentration along Salford’s southern and eastern boundaries with Manchester. Salford, like the rest of Greater Manchester, is currently under tighter lockdown restrictions due to infection rates climbing across the city-region.With the government expected to extend the measures into next week, residents have been urged to pull together to avoid ‘further restrictions on our lives’.

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coronavirus cases than Aberdeen - where strict lockdown measures are being reimposed. Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced today that restaurants and pubs must shut after 54 new cases emerged in a coronavirus cluster in the Aberdeen City Council area.