The coronavirus infection rate has gone up in one area of Greater Manchester. The weekly rates have fallen in the other nine boroughs, the latest figures show.
28.04.2022 - 22:41 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Coronavirus infection rates are continuing to plummet in all ten Greater Manchester boroughs - however one still has a rate higher than the national average, according to the latest available data.
Stockport continues to have the highest coronavirus infection rate in Greater Manchester. The borough recorded a rate of 185.9 cases per 100,000 people in the week ending April 24, which is more than the UK's national average of 189.4 cases per 100,000 people.
The lowest infection rate is in Manchester, where the rate is 129.2 cases per 100,000 people. In Greater Manchester as a whole, the infection rate is now 156.6 cases per 100,000 population.
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A total of 4,440 people tested positive for coronavirus across Greater Manchester in the week which ended on April 24. The Greater Manchester weekly total has decreased by 1694 cases compared to the previous week, which means the infection rate was down 28 per cent in the last week..
Hospital admissions
In the week ending on April 24, a total of 422 patients were admitted to Greater Manchester NHS hospitals with Covid-19. That is 270 fewer than the week before, a fall of 178 per cent.
On Tuesday April 26, there were 17 Mechanical Ventilation (MV) beds occupied by Covid patients in Greater Manchester NHS hospitals. That is two fewer than a week earlier.
Deaths
In the week ending April 24, a total of 56 people died within 28 days of a positive Covid test across Greater Manchester, which is 7 fewer than the week before. Since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 986,238 confirmed coronavirus cases in Greater Manchester. There has been a total of 9,185 deaths.
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