A survey of NHS leaders revealed they think free Covid tests should continue for the public and self-isolation rules need to remain.
01.02.2022 - 14:59 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Neighbourhoods in Tameside are dominating the region’s biggest Covid-19 hotspots.
A total of 21,304 people tested positive for coronavirus across Greater Manchester in the week ending January 25.
The infection rate is lower than the national average in all ten local authority areas in Greater Manchester.
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According to the latest local data, the top ten local infection hotspots for the virus are spread across Tameside, Trafford, Manchester and Bury.
Coronavirus ‘hotspots’ and ‘notspots’ can be revealed via an interactive map charting the number of positive Covid-19 test results in each neighbourhood across the country using government data.
It shows the number of infections per local area, broken down into neighbourhoods containing roughly 7,000 people.
The number of new cases is then used to calculate the infection rate per 100,000 people.
In the week to January 25 the latest hyperlocal data shows the biggest hotspot was Smallshaw in Tameside.
It recorded an infection rate of 1,386.9, with 108 new incidences of the virus, a rise of 11 cases.
In second place is Ashton East, also in Tameside, where there were 94 cases and the rate was 1,306.8.
The Tameside neighbourhood of Hattersley follows with a rate of 1,172.5, and 83cases of Covid-19 being recorded.
Denton West, also in Tameside, is in fourth place with 57new
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