Manchester warned to 'put the party on hold' as Covid infection rate teeters below red alert

intensive care admissions are rising in France, fuelling fears among public health experts that soaring cases among younger people here will eventually feed through to those who are more vulnerable, even if that pattern is taking its time to materialise.

15 schools have had to tell some pupils they must now stay at home for a fortnight.Although hospital admissions are not yet significantly rising, there are fears it is only a matter of time before the virus spreads to more vulnerable people.Figures released by NHS England today showed two more people have died from coronavirus in Greater Manchester’s hospitals.The region's hospital death toll now stands at 2,199.Both deaths were reported at Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation

hereThe graphs, the tables, the numbers - they're more alarming every day.Althrough hospital admissions are not yet significantly rising, there are fears it is only a matter of time before the virus preads to more vulnerable people.Bolton, Oldham, Salford, Tameside and Manchester are now all on the highest level of alert - imposed by the government when the infection rate goes above 50.Rochdale is also teetering on the brink of becoming 'red' with an infection rate of 49.5 per 100,000 people for

coronavirus cases in a day since April, the latest figures show.

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a leaked Public Health England document report suggested links between areas with the highest concentrations of coronavirus and deprivation, poor housing and ethnicity. Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to your inbox with the free MEN newsletterYou can sign up very simply by following the instructions here The analysis, leaked to The Observer, was written for local government leaders and is said to relate to the north west.

Salford has entered coronavirus red alert after the number of new infections in the city increased.

Bolton has nearly reached 100.

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

Bolton council has today (Tuesday) called on the government to postpone the end of the local lockdown in the town. Restrictions were set to take place at midnight tonight.Leaders want Bolton to remain in lockdown - like Rochdale, Tameside, Salford, Bury and Manchester - until the rate of new cases begins to fall.

latest officially confirmed figures - which takes it up to the week ending Friday (August 28) - detail 44.9 cases per 100,000 people, only slightly below the rate of 50.

Trafford has gone back up sharply in the last couple of days. The weekly case total is now over 25 per 100,000 people, which takes the borough above the threshold to be placed on amber alert on the government watchlist for local intervention.The data published this afternoon gives infection rates up to Tuesday August 25 as there is a 3-4 day delay for cases to be fully reported.

Manchester Evening News understands the order does not apply to outdoor drinking areas businesses have created to cater for customers during the pandemic. There is a particular worry around the Gay Village following the postponement of this year's Pride event.An estimated 170,000 people attended across the weekend in 2019.

Wigan will be removed from local lockdown measures which were implemented last month on Wednesday (August 26).

Eccles, to the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, after suffering a catastrophic bleed on the brain.

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

Manchester United head into the 2020-21 season looking to build on the foundations laid out throughout the last campaign.A topsy-turvy league season ended on a positive note for the Red Devils.