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Coronavirus infection rates are continuing to rise in nine boroughs of Greater Manchester, according to the latest data.
The most recent figures from the UK Health Security Agency show that weekly rates have only fallen in Bury. Trafford continues to have the highest transmission rate across the region. Oldham has the lowest.
Across Greater Manchester as a whole, the infection rate now stands at 621.5 cases per 100,000 population. This is lower than the national average of 858 per 100,000.
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17,624 people tested positive for coronavirus across the region in the week ending on March 27. The weekly total has increased by 2010 cases compared to the previous week, which means the infection rate was up 13 per cent in the last week.
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.
This is the most recent available data for hospital admissions, the figures for NHS trusts are not updated daily.
In the week ending March 27, a total of 29 people died within 28 days of a positive Covid test across Greater Manchester, which is six more than the week before. Since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 953,200 confirmed coronavirus cases in Greater Manchester. There has been a total of 8,876 deaths.
In Wigan, the latest infection rate is 657.4 per 100,000 and the number of cases has gone up by 30 per cent. A total of 2174 people
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Coronavirus infection rates have dropped by more than 20 per cent according to the latest week on week data, as they continue to fall across all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester.
Covid-19 infection rates have fallen in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester. Trafford now has the highest coronavirus infection rate in Greater Manchester, replacing Stockport.
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.
Coronavirus infection rates have fallen in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester. After weeks of soaring rates, the number of cases in the region is down 9pc on last week.
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