Huge spike in Bury coronavirus cases as 300 test positive in a week for first time

More than 120 positive coronavirus cases have been recorded across Heywood in one week.Heywood Town was the worst affected area in the borough of Rochdale during the seven days to October 4, registering 47 cases.This was the highest number of anywhere outside of Manchester - which has seen rates soar among the student population - and Oldham.The Heywood area also includes Hopwood Hall and Siddal Moor, and Heap Bridge and Darnhill, which recorded 38 and 36 positive tests respectively.The figures

Manchester Evening News brings the total to 421. While some of those affected have now returned to class, our list gives an overview of where cases have cropped up across the region since the beginning of September.Schools and councils aren't publishing this information, with the exception of Wigan Council, so we are largely reliant on parents informing us about closures.

Manchester Evening News can reveal.

Manchester Evening News reported how Fallowfield, an area with a high-population of students, had become the country's Covid-19 hotspot.All boroughs in Greater Manchester remain in the red alert zone for infection rates.There were a total of 648 cases recorded in the region today, down from 897 yesterday.Although the numbers have flattened over the past couple of days in eight of the region's boroughs, and are down in Bury and Bolton, the rates in Greater Manchester are still heading upwards as

Manchester Evening News.Pupils will be able to return on October 15 according to guidance from Public Health England.

revealed that the infection rate for people aged 17 to 21-years-old in Manchester rose to 745 cases per 100,000 people in the past week.Students and parents gave us multiple reports of confirmed cases of coronavirus at student accommodation including several halls of residence in Fallowfield.Yesterday, the university issued a statement to the M.E.N denying that there was a 'spike' or 'outbreak' in its Fallowfield accommodation.But that stance now appears to have changed following publication of

The number of coronavirus cases in an area of Rochdale are among the highest in Greater Manchester.There were 49 cases recorded in Wardleworth and Newbold Brow during the week to September 24, according to the latest figures from Public Health England (PHE).This is more than anywhere in Bolton, which has the highest infection rate in the country and is under more stringent restrictions than the rest of the conurbation.Elsewhere only the student and university areas in Manchester, North

reached 294.

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a fifth of the region's schools (247) have had confirmed cases - among either pupils, staff or both. At one secondary - Philips High in Whitefield, Bury - there have been 18 positive tests and the whole of Year 11 has been sent home.

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Bury in second place and Bolton remaining the highest in England, with 212.8 cases per 100,000.

quickly rising in Bury.The town now has the second highest infection rate in Greater Manchester - second only to Bolton where the rate is 212.8.Bury recorded 173.3 cases per 100,000 people in the week ending September 20.More than 300 people in the borough tested positive for Covid-19 in just one week for the first time since the pandemic began.Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Tameside and Wigan all still have infection rates above 100.And the rate of infection is still rising in Stockport and

Six months on since the first national lockdown, coronavirus cases are back on the rise.

Ladybridge High in Bolton where every year group has been affected.

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coronavirus tests were recorded in a week in Greater Manchester for the first time, the latest figures show.

new helpline has been set up by the government to make it easier for settings to get advice on what steps to take following a positive case.