Latest coronavirus infection rates as cases fall in all ten Greater Manchester boroughs
04.04.2022 - 23:41
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Coronavirus infection rates have fallen in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester. After weeks of soaring rates, the number of cases in the region is down 9pc on last week.
A total of 16,134 people tested positive for coronavirus across Greater Manchester in the week ending on March 31 - down 1,535 cases compared to the previous week.
The infection rate remains lower than the national average in all ten boroughs. Stockport continues to have the highest coronavirus infection rate in the region.
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The borough recorded a rate of 724.7 cases per 100,000 people in the week ending March 31, according to the latest data from the UK Health Security Agency. The lowest infection rate is in Oldham, where the rate is 416.6 cases per 100,000 people.
In Greater Manchester as a whole, the infection rate is now 569 cases per 100,000 population. The infection rate in the region is lower than the national average, which is 747.5 cases per 100,000 people.
In the week ending on March 27, a total of 726 patients were admitted to Greater Manchester NHS hospitals with Covid-19. That is 159 more than the week before, a rise of 28pc.
On Tuesday March 29, there were 15 Mechanical Ventilation (MV) beds occupied by Covid patients in Greater Manchester NHS hospitals. That is one more than a week earlier. This is the most recent available data for hospital admissions, the figures for NHS trusts are not updated daily.
In the week ending March 31, a total of 30 people died within 28 days of a positive Covid test across Greater Manchester, which is 7 more than the week before. Since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 963,204 confirmed coronavirus cases in