Coronavirus infection rates have gone up in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester.
20.02.2022 - 23:51 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Coronavirus infection rates have fallen in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester and remain below the national average, according to the latest data.
Stockport now has the highest coronavirus infection rate in Greater Manchester, replacing Trafford.
The borough recorded a rate of 315.4 cases per 100,000 people in the week ending February 16.
The lowest infection rate is in Oldham, where the rate is 214.2 cases per 100,000 people.
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In Greater Manchester as a whole, the infection rate is now 268.4 cases per 100,000 population.
The infection rate in the region is lower than the national average, which is 456.5 cases per 100,000 people.
A total of 7,612 people tested positive for coronavirus across Greater Manchester in the week which ended on February 16.
The Greater Manchester weekly total has decreased by 3922 cases compared to the previous week, which means the infection rate was down 34 per cent in the last week.
Hospital admissions
In the week ending on February 13, a total of 425 patients were admitted to Greater Manchester NHS hospitals with Covid-19. That is 113 fewer than the week before, a fall of 36 per cent.
On Tuesday February 15, there were 27 Mechanical Ventilation (MV) beds occupied by Covid patients in Greater Manchester NHS hospitals. That is two more than a week earlier.
Deaths
In the week ending February 16, a total of 41 people died within 28 days of a positive Covid test across Greater Manchester, which is 23 fewer than the week before.
Since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 893,496 confirmed coronavirus cases in Greater Manchester. There has been a total of 8,724 deaths.
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