Coronavirus infection rates have fallen in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester and remain below the national average, according to the latest data.
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Coronavirus infection rates have continued to fall in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester.
Every borough now has an infection rate below the national average for the UK, figures have revealed.
Tameside continues to have the highest coronavirus infection rate in Greater Manchester.
The borough recorded a rate of 887.2 cases per 100,000 people in the week ending January 29, according to the latest data from the UK Health Security Agency.
The lowest infection rate is in Oldham, where the rate is 704.0 cases per 100,000 people.
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In Greater Manchester as a whole, the infection rate is now 781.7 cases per 100,000 population.
The infection rate in the region is lower than the national average, which is 1068.4 cases per 100,000 people.
A total of 22,167 people tested positive for coronavirus across Greater Manchester in the week which ended on January 29.
The Greater Manchester weekly total has decreased by 5198 cases compared to the previous week, which means the infection rate was down 19 per cent in the last week.
Hospital admissions
In the week ending on January 23, a total of 676 patients were admitted to Greater Manchester NHS hospitals with Covid-19. That is 291 fewer than the week before, a fall of 76 per cent.
On Tuesday January 25, there were 31 Mechanical Ventilation (MV) beds occupied by Covid patients in Greater Manchester NHS hospitals. That is seven fewer than a week earlier.
Deaths
In the week ending January 29, a total of 91 people died within 28 days of a positive Covid test across Greater Manchester, which is 15 fewer than the week before.
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