Manchester now has the highest Covid infection rate in the country - why?

The leader of Rochdale council says admissions to hospital and intensive care units are his main concern after the borough’s infection rate became the highest in the region over the weekend.Latest Public Health England figures show there were 454 cases per 100,000 people during the week to October 14.The 12 pc week-on-week rise has seen it overtake Manchester - whose problems largely relate to the student population - as the worst hit in the conurbation.Wigan now has the second highest rate.It

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Projections leaked to the M.E.N. last week also suggested the conurbation could hit the equivalent of April’s peak for Covid patients by the end of this month.

being put into local lockdown.

today announced a new three tiered Covid Alert Level system in England, with areas designated as being at either medium, high, or very high risk.Despite fears to the contrary, Greater Manchester was designated high risk and placed in tier 2 meaning all mixing of households indoors will be prohibited but hospitality can remain open.Although he urged Labour MPs to "prevail on the authorities in Greater Manchester to come into Tier 3.""I would hope is that we can work together to bring down the

“At present no children have tested positive for coronavirus. and we think this is due to the quick and prompt actions of the school and the public health bodies who we are working closely with.“This was not an easy decision to take as it is vitally important we help pupils catch up for education time lost during this pandemic.

Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes regularly give This Morning viewers an insight into their home life on the show, while their Instagram feeds are filled with images from the beautiful Surrey mansion they share with their teenage son Jack.

still has one of the highest infection rates in England after several outbreaks among the student population. One student told the Guardian a "Covid Positive" party in one halls of residence in Fallowfield was broken up by security on Saturday.

hereAfter Manchester, Rochdale (305.7) has the next highest infection rate followed by Salford (293.6), Bury (272.3), Bolton (251.1), Oldham (250.9), Wigan (239.5), Tameside (222.1) and finally Stockport (202.8).The average infection rate for England is 108.6.

with each other rather than, for example, being linked to any obvious large workplace outbreak.

hereTwo other districts have also seen sharp increases in the number of positive tests, Trafford and Stockport, although the total numbers are much smaller than in Manchester.In Trafford, some 511 positive tests were registered, a rise of 71 per cent on the previous week. In Stockport, there was a 78 per cent increase in cases (533 positives).The total number of positive tests was 8,256 in Greater Manchester overall during the week, a rise of 53 per cent.

Manchester is the country's coronavirus hotspot as new data shows it has the highest infection rate of any area in England.

149 new confirmed cases of coronavirus in Fallowfield Central in the seven days up to September 27 - up from 27 cases in the previous week.

“We are working extremely closely with Public Health England and have robust plans in place to take action and support students when needed, but this is not yet the case. Our students can rest assured they will be the first to know if this situation changes.

aiming for the “reclamation” of British values.The name will be subject to the approval of the Electoral Commission.But Manchester charity RECLAIM say the name is taken “by something that’s actually by working class people for working class people”.The long-established charity was founded in Moss Side more than a decade ago to help working class young people become leaders in their communities.Founder Ruth Ibegbuna used the charity as a platform to campaign for greater levels of equality and to

Tighter coronavirus restrictions in Bolton which have forced pubs and restaurants to close completely are ‘immoral’, the mayor of Greater Manchester has said.Landlords in the town will get no reprieve from the strict lockdown rules in place over the last few weeks after new figures showed the borough's infection rate has reached 242 new cases for every 100,000 people.It is the highest rate recorded in Bolton so far, significantly above the numbers from the first wave of the pandemic.Despite

Bolton 218.4 (628), 201.0 (578)South Tyneside 205.3 (310), 100.7 (152)Burnley 204.7 (182), 112.5 (100)Knowsley 204.2 (308), 124.0 (187)Newcastle upon Tyne 193.2 (585), 69.0 (209)Liverpool 192.2 (957), 116.9 (582)Blackburn with Darwen 181.0 (271), 128.9 (193)Halton 177.7 (230), 87.3 (113)Bury 174.4 (333), 112.0 (214)Hyndburn 172.7 (140), 148.1 (120)Preston 172.6 (247), 134.1 (192)Manchester 165.7 (916), 85.6 (473)Oldham 162.8 (386), 115.6 (274)Pendle 158.5 (146), 89.0 (82)Rochdale 155.6 (346),

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