There have been more than 900,000 coronavirus cases in Greater Manchester since the start of the pandemic, latest figures reveal.
15.02.2022 - 22:17 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Coronavirus infection rates are continuing to plummet in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester.
In all ten of the region's boroughs, the infection rate remains lower than the national average, which is 593.7 cases per 100,000 people.
Stockport continues to have the highest coronavirus infection rate in the region.
The borough recorded a rate of 434.1 cases per 100,000 people in the week ending February 11, according to the latest data from the UK Health Security Agency.
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The lowest infection rate is in Oldham, where the rate is 284.1 cases per 100,000 people.
In Greater Manchester as a whole, the infection rate is now 357.9 cases per 100,000 population.
A total of 10,148 people tested positive for coronavirus across the region in the week which ended on February 11.
The Greater Manchester weekly total has decreased by 5,963 cases compared to the previous week, which means the infection rate was down 37 per cent in the last week.
In the week ending on February 6, a total of 538 patients were admitted to Greater Manchester NHS hospitals with Covid-19. That is 57 fewer than the week before, a fall of 12pc.
On Tuesday February 8, there were 25 Mechanical Ventilation (MV) beds occupied by Covid patients in Greater Manchester NHS hospitals. That is five fewer 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 February 11, a total of 51 people died within 28 days of a positive Covid test across Greater Manchester, which is 35 fewer than the week before.
Since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 888,115
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