How does Greater Manchester get itself out of the Covid ‘red zone’?

“We have taken this decision to protect our pupils and staff, whose safety is always our highest priority."Some schools which already had a number of children isolating have sent further groups home, including Fairfield High School for Girls in Droylsden where there's been another confirmed case in Year 10 and at Corpus Christi RC Primary in Oldham, where the Nursery and Reception bubble is now also isolating.Elton High in Bury has also had another confirmed case, which has affected a small

a fifth of schools across the region, comes little over a fortnight after pupils started the new academic year. And with no official list available of all the bubble closures - and the Manchester Evening News only able to confirm cases after being alerted by parents - it's likely there are many more.

Stockport and Wigan, bringing the boroughs in line with the rest of Greater Manchester, except Bolton where extra measures apply.

hereThis was the equivalent of around 22 per cent of the nearly 6.1 million FTE sickness days lost during the period across all staff groups in the NHS in England.The data showed that during the peak of the outbreak in April there were 690,569 FTE days lost due to Covid-19 - 30.6 per cent of the nearly 2.3 million absences recorded that month.At Stockport NHS Trust, more than a quarter (27.6 per cent) of sick days lost were Covid-19-related, the highest proportion locally.Both Stockport NHS

18 positive tests among staff and students at Philips High School in Prestwich - and these have definitely had an impact on the overall spike, Mrs Jones said.

a fifth of schools across the region, comes little over a fortnight after pupils started the new academic year. And with no official list available of all the bubble closures - and the Manchester Evening News only able to confirm cases after being alerted by parents - it's likely there are many more.

one more coronavirus death has been recorded at Greater Manchester’s hospitals.

Coronavirus infection rates continue to rise sharply across most of Greater Manchester with all ten boroughs now at the highest level of alert for the first time.Stockport and Trafford have now recorded an infection rate of more than 50 cases per 100,000 people in the local population - it's the first time the two boroughs have reached that milestone since the height of the pandemic in April.Manchester has also seen a significant rise in cases, registering 100 positive tests for three days in a

risen again today - to 177.Among the cases confirmed today is the full closure of a second primary school in Greater Manchester.St Luke's Primary in Heywood had already sent home pupils in Years 2, 3 and 6, but now it's been forced to shut to all year groups amid 'staffing issues'.While some schools continue to send home entire year groups, others have more recently been restricting self-isolations to close contacts of confirmed cases - using seating plans to help identify those individuals they

the government’s latest extra Covid-19 restrictions, announced this morning, will have caused brows to furrow among those looking at the wider northern map.

full closure of a second primary school.St Luke's Primary in Heywood had already sent home pupils in Years 2, 3 and 6, but now it's been forced to shut to all year groups amid 'staffing issues'.Other primary schools have been sending home bubbles after confirmed cases, including Broadoak Primary in Swinton, where there's been a positive case, and Charlestown Primary, in Blackley, where Year 5 are isolating.Some schools which already had a number of children at home have had to tell more to stay

we reported how Horton Mill Primary School, in Glodwick, Oldham, had closed to all pupils after positive cases involving pupils and staff in several year groups. Elsewhere, The Duke of Norfolk CE Primary in Glossop, Derbyshire, has also shut following two positive cases including a member of the catering team who'd had widespread contact with the rest of the school.

Greater Manchester could escape further Covid-19 restrictions for the time being, the M.E.N.

risen again today - to 164. It comes as a new helpline has been set up by the government to make it easier for schools to get advice on what steps to take following a positive test.

the total number of positive cases in Greater Manchester increased by more than 50 per cent in one day.There were 576 positive cases confirmed in the region on Wednesday, compared with 374 on Tuesday.But that is likely to have been caused by the backlog of tests that have been taken that took longer to produce a result.A more accurate guide to the bigger picture is the infection rate.Our latest analysis of the data shows that Oldham is still seeing an increase in cases, but the infection rate

Salford, where 6.4pc of tests came back positive.In comparison, just 3.4pc of tests were positive in neighbouring Wigan.The data, which was released by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, also shows that the number of positive tests in Bolton is rising far quicker than the number of tests being taken.Last week, the number of tests carried out in Bolton was up 14pc compared with four weeks earlier, in the week ending August 15.But over the same period, the number of positive tests has gone

that the number of hospital admissions is 'creeping up'.Giving an update to councillors, Steve Taylor, managing director of Bury & Rochdale Care Organisation, said: “On Monday in intensive care there was one patient at Bury, four in Oldham and two in North Manchester.“In general beds there are four Covid patients in Bury, 12 in Oldham, 11 in North Manchester and nine in our infectious disease department."Meanwhile in Bolton, the infection rate is now above 200 cases per 100,000 people.

reported the closure of another primary - The Duke of Norfolk CE Primary in Glossop, Derbyshire - earlier today. Among two positive cases was a member of the catering team who'd had widespread contact with the rest of the school.

coronavirus infection rates soar in the last few weeks. Bolton NHS Foundation Trust and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust both recorded one more death.The total number of coronavirus deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Friday, September 11, currently stands at: Meanwhile in Greater Manchester, the latest figures show there are sharp increases in coronavirus infection rates in every single borough.

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