Latest Greater Manchester lockdown restrictions and cases - Tuesday September 29

that coronavirus patients could fill up Greater Manchester's entire intensive care capacity by November 12. It comes after a leaked document revealed that some of the region's hospitals are already full.

Wigan now has the second highest coronavirus infection rate in Greater Manchester.The town has overtaken Manchester, where rates have dropped for the seventh day in a row.Numbers in Manchester have now gone down by 25 per cent from their peak level rate of 583.5 on Oct 3.There has been a big increase in infection rates in Wigan, which at the end of August had the lowest figures in Greater Manchester.A total of 435.1 per 100,000 of the population tested positive in the town in the week ending

outbreaks at halls of residence after students returned to university.

outbreaks at halls of residence after students returned to university. But localised figures show that in heavily populated student areas such as Fallowfield, the number of cases is down 70 per cent week-on-week.

coronavirus infection rate double in 12 days the latest data reveals.

last-minute meeting held between MPs in the region and a junior health minister this morning has been described as an "utter waste of time" as local leaders and MPs remain in the dark about whether restrictions are set to be changed.Labour’s Lucy Powell, MP for Manchester Central, said there was “unanimous fury” about the process, evidence base and economic support packages on the table during talks between Greater Manchester MPs and the government this morning.Addressing, Mr Hancock in the

were told today the figure may change as more data is released by the national test and trace system.

of coronavirus were reported in Greater Manchester today as figures show infection rates are rising in nine out of the region's ten boroughs.

set out a new system to simplify lockdown restrictions by placing the country into areas of medium, high and very high alert. Greater Manchester MPs have confirmed that the region will be placed into Tier 2 - high alert, from Wednesday.This means the current ban on different households mixing indoors will continue, but the rule of six will now to apply to gardens and outdoor spaces.

The rate of coronavirus infection remains high across Greater Manchester - with hundreds of people testing positive each week.All 10 boroughs remain at the Government's 'red alert' level.Manchester continues to the be the worst affected area in the region and remains one of the UK's coronavirus hotspots.There were 2,715 positive tests in the city in the week up to October 7, according to the latest figures published by Public Health England.That's a slight increase of 21 on the week before.But

hereThe other boroughs also saw a rise in their infection rates: Salford, 337.3; Oldham, 327.3; Bury 307.9; Wigan, 292.7, Tameside, 258.7; Stockport, 245.5.Some 71,717 positive cases were registered in England, an infection rate of 127.4.Although the number of cases is rising steeply across much of the country, there is now much more testing than at the height of the first wave of the pandemic in April and May.

hereGreater Manchester overall saw 9,072 cases, a rise of 38 per cent.All ten boroughs remain in the 'red zone' where PHE requires local intervention.The average infection rate for England was 117.4.Although the number of cases is rising steeply across much of the country, there is now much more testing than at the height of the first wave of the pandemic in April and May.

among the student population around Fallowfield is driving the increase in the city. A third of cases in Greater Manchester in the week ending September 30 were in the borough of Manchester alone.Across Greater Manchester as a whole, there are no signs that the seven-week spike in cases which began at the end of August is coming to an end.All ten boroughs in the region now have an infection rate of over 100.

confirmed more than 200 students and staff have tested positive for coronavirus in the past ten days.

reached 331. Today a further 23 have been confirmed across the region, bringing the total to 354.

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

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

Bolton suggested it will help drive down coronavirus infection rates.Bolton has remained on ‘red’ alert for a number of weeks.There were 212 cases per 100,000 in the town at the beginning of the local lockdown on September 8.Greater Manchester’s other nine boroughs all remain on red alert too for the fourth day running, according to the latest figures from Public Health England.In Wigan, the rate jumped from 90.4 in the week ending September 18 to 101.9 in the week ending September 19.Rates are