Coronavirus infection rates have continued to fall across all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester.
21.01.2022 - 23:31 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The number of people dying or requiring hospital treatment for Covid-19 has dropped across the city-region, as new cases continue to fall.
All boroughs of Greater Manchester have seen their infection rates fall again with nine out of ten now recording an infection rate of below 1,000 new cases per 100,000 residents.
In the region as a whole, the infection rate is now 903.7 cases per 100,000 population.
The infection rate in the region is lower than the national average, which is 970.4 cases per 100,000 people.
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Tameside continues to have the highest coronavirus infection rate in Greater Manchester.
The borough recorded a rate of 1,068.2 new positive cases per 100,000 people in the week ending January 17, according to the latest data from the UK Health Security Agency.
All remaining boroughs have an infection rate below 1,000 cases per 100,000 people.
This drop has coincided with a fall in the number of new deaths and people requiring hospital treatment for coronavirus.
In the week ending January 17, a total of 114 people died within 28 days of a positive Covid test across Greater Manchester, five fewer than the week before.
While i n the week ending on January 16, a total of 967 patients were admitted to NHS hospitals with Covid-19, 166 fewer than the week before, equalling a fall of 21 per cent.
A total of 38 people were occupying mechanical ventilation beds as of January 18, which is 166 fewer than the previous seven days.
There were 2,780 positive tests over the last week in Bolton, which is 2,565 fewer than in the previous week.
The week-on-week trend in Bolton is down by 48 per cent and the latest infection rate is 9,64.4
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