Is the local lockdown now working? Charts for every Greater Manchester area show how coronavirus rates are falling

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.

hereThe total number of coronavirus deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Wednesday, September 9, currently stands at:Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust - 253Nationally, a further 12 people, who tested positive for Covid-19 died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 29,631.Patients were aged between 50 and 92 years old, NHS England said.

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Parts of Greater Manchester remain under local lockdown measures - but for how much longer?Restrictions have been in place for more than five weeks now, and only two boroughs have seen a full lifting of local lockdown measures.Residents of Wigan and Stockport are now under national guidance while people living in Manchester, Trafford, Salford, Tameside, Rochdale and Bury are still prevented from mixing with other households in their homes and gardens.Oldham and Bolton are seeing the strictest

but the government decided to keep the restrictions in place at the last minute following a surge in cases.Stricter restrictions that prevent the mixing of different households both indoors and outdoors will remain in Oldham.However, casinos, skating rinks, conference centres and the other venues and services listed above will be allowed to reopen in Oldham along with other boroughs of Greater Manchester.Stockport and Wigan remain the only two boroughs in Greater Manchester to have their local

in addition to a household mixing ban indoors, residents will continue to be advised to avoid mixing with anyone from another household anywhere.

lockdown measures will remain in the borough, which has the second highest rate of new coronavirus cases in the country.

with the second highest rate of new coronavirus cases in the country.The town was due to be released from the Greater Manchester-wide lockdown today, despite council leader David Greenhalgh making a last minute plea to Mr Hancock to reconsider the move.But this afternoon, Mr Hancock has announced that restrictions will remain in place across Bolton - and Trafford, where it's a similar story, with infection rates creeping up.He said: “Following a significant change in the level of infection rates

The total number of coronavirus deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Tuesday, September 1 is:A further nine people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in England, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals to 29,563, according to NHS England.The patients were between 71 and 92-years-old.

'sudden, concerning and unpredicted', has prompted council and health leaders to call an emergency meeting on Tuesday morning. Separate government figures show there were 40 new cases recorded on Thursday in Bolton.

hereIt is understood restrictions will be lifted next week.

Greater Manchester now has the lowest number of coronavirus cases since the end of July.There were 788 positive tests for the virus across all ten boroughs in the week ending August 24, the lowest number since July 28.Rates are calculated up to three days ago because of the delay in reporting cases.The infection rate is continuing to fall in Oldham, Rochdale, Salford and Bolton, with the number of cases falling in seven of the region's boroughs.Cases are still rising in Wigan, with an extra 10

Greater Manchester coronavirus press conference, Stockport council leader Elise Wilson said the borough's infection rates were within the government's 'acceptable levels'. She added: "Our infection data is showing a continued downward trend across all our areas."The levels that we have at the moment are within the government's acceptable levels.

Bolton does have one of the lowest coronavirus infection rates in Greater Manchester at the moment and is among a number of boroughs that has seen a marked downturn in the number of new registered cases.

can be downloaded at this link.The number of coronavirus cases across Greater Manchester began to rise around July 16th and local lockdown measures were announced on July 30th.The case numbers continued to rise up until the end of last week but in recent days have levelled out and may now be falling.There has been no related increase in the number of hospital admissions with Covid-19 or people diagnosed with Covid-19 while in hospital and the majority of recent positive cases have been through

published by NHS England, includes hospital discharges from March 20,  the first day of national lockdown, until August 9.

map showing cases in smaller districts, the hotspots in Oldham have been particularly concentrated in two areas - Alexandra Park and Werneth.

Up to 6,000 children who normally would have been referred to social services in Greater Manchester have potentially been missed during lockdown.Social care professionals are calling for a change in approach to tackle the ‘hidden harm’ faced by children who are stuck at home with abusive family members while schools remain closed.Alison Alexander, the CEO of children’s services support organisation Cornerstone, said referrals have dropped in many parts of the UK by 50pc, and by up to 75pc in