Coronavirus infection rates are continuing to fall in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester
05.04.2022 - 22:09
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Coronavirus infection rates are now falling in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester. It follows on from the trend across the UK, which is also seeing cases fall - however cases across the region still remain lower than the national average.
Stockport continues to have the highest coronavirus infection rate in Greater Manchester, with a rate of 682.9 cases per 100,000 people as of week ending April 1. The lowest infection rate is in Oldham, where the rate is 406.9 cases per 100,000 people.
However, figures show that Trafford has seen the biggest week-on-week drop, at 22 per cent, followed by Manchester at 16 per cent, and then Salford, where the rates have fallen by 15 per cent in the past week. In Greater Manchester as a whole, the infection rate is now 541.2 cases per 100,000 population - this remains lower than the national average, which is 712.2 cases per 100,000 people.
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A total of 15,346 people tested positive for coronavirus across Greater Manchester in the week which ended on April 1. The Greater Manchester weekly total has decreased by 2465 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 March 27, a total of 726 patients were admitted to Greater Manchester NHS hospitals with Covid-19. That is 159 more than the week before, a rise of 28 per cent.
On Tuesday March 29, there were 15 Mechanical Ventilation (MV) beds occupied by Covid patients in Greater Manchester NHS hospitals. That is one more than a week earlier.
Deaths
In the week ending April 1, a total of 31 people died within 28 days of a positive Covid test