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Greater Manchester's covid cases fall across all boroughs as region hits grim milestone
04.03.2022 - 23:23 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
There have been more than 900,000 coronavirus cases in Greater Manchester since the start of the pandemic, latest figures reveal.
A total of 902,643 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the region. There have been 8,777 deaths.
The figures come as infection rates continue to plummet in all 10 boroughs. In Greater Manchester as a whole, the infection rate is now 176.3 cases per 100,000 people, according to the latest data from the UK Health Security Agency.
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The national average is 293.6 cases per 100,000 people. A total of 4,998 people tested positive for coronavirus across Greater Manchester in the week which ended on February 28.
That's down by 1,465 cases compared to the previous week, which means the infection rate fell 23 per cent. Stockport continues to have the highest coronavirus infection rate in Greater Manchester with 226.4 cases per 100,000 people. Oldham, where the rate is 141.0 cases per 100,000 people, has the lowest.
Hospital admissions
In the week ending on February 27, a total of 308 patients were admitted to Greater Manchester NHS hospitals with Covid-19. That is 10 fewer than the week before, a fall of three per cent.
On Tuesday, March 1, there were 14 Mechanical Ventilation (MV) beds occupied by Covid patients in Greater Manchester NHS hospitals. That is 10 fewer than a week earlier.
This is the most recent available data for hospital admissions, the figures for NHS trusts are not updated daily.
Deaths
In the week ending February 28, a total of 31 people died within 28 days of a positive Covid test across Greater Manchester, which is seven fewer than the week before.
Cases reported in each of the 10
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