New tighter restrictions introduced in Bolton to stop soaring coronavirus infection rate

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lockdown restrictions are required to bring down the number of Scots who are testing positive for Covid-19 each day.Speaking to MSPs on Tuesday, she insisted this was not a return to the kind of full lockdown the public endured throughout the spring.It was instead a way of preventing the need for even more severe rules on daily life being brought in at a later date.Schools, shops and hospitality businesses will remain open.

The Mirror reports.And he said the PM has been “working throughout the weekend” to look at the data and work out what to do.But while warning “everything is under review,” the spokesman said it was too early to say what any next steps will be.More than 10 million people are now under local restrictions, and London’s leaders are now asking to have restrictions imposed too.

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Wigan is now on coronavirus 'red alert' after the infection rate rose above the threshold to be placed on the government watchlist.

Wigan is now on coronavirus 'red alert' after the infection rate rose above the threshold to be placed on the government watchlist.

Bolton has become the UK's coronavirus hotspot following a sudden surge in cases which began in the last week of August. Last Tuesday the borough was placed under strict new lockdown measures which included banning pubs and restaurants from all but takeaway sales.

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A rise in new coronavirus cases in Tameside has caused the borough’s infection rate to spike.Its figure is now the second-worst in Greater Manchester.In just a few weeks, Tameside’s rate has soared from 29.6 in the week ending August 22, to 72 in the seven days to September 9.Only Bolton has a higher rate in the region - 131.Bolton has been put under harsher lockdown measures by Health Secretary Matt Hancock, with restaurants and pubs ordered to operate as takeaway only.Leaders have warned that

coronavirus cases being reported continues to rise at an alarming rate. The move comes as the local infection rate reached 120 cases per 100,000, meaning Bolton has a higher rate than anywhere in the country.

The infection rate in Trafford is decreasing, as a total of 58 new coronavirus cases were confirmed within a week.Between August 28 and September 3, less than 60 new cases were confirmed across the borough and Hale Barns accounted for the highest number with eight, according to Public Health England figures.No areas in the borough saw more than 10 new cases after a number of weeks of Hale Barns and other areas like Longford and Clifford seeing double-figure new cases.The areas with the next

including Greater Manchester - are now under extra local restrictions in a bid to reduce the spread of Covid-19.

Bolton are among the worst affected amid a spike in coronavirus cases, official figures reveal. Data from Public Health England (PHE) shows that 20 new cases of Covid-19 were recorded in Breightmet South & Darcy Lever in the week from August 24 to 30.A total of 16 new cases were recorded in neighbouring Tonge, while 12 people tested positive in both Breightmet North and Hall I' th' Wood.

Bolton now has the highest Covid-19 infection rate in the country. The borough recorded a rate of 76.5 cases per 100,000 people in the week leading to August 31, data shows.

coronavirus restrictions have come into force for 800,000 Scots in some of the country's biggest council areas. Nicola Sturgeon has announced a ban on indoor household gatherings as new lockdown restrictions were imposed on Glasgow, West Dunbartonshire and East Renfrewshire Sturgeon said the transmission of the Covid-19 virus was mainly happening inside people's homes and the measures may be in place for two weeks.

this link, enter your email address, and select 'MyBolton News'. It's as simple as that.Coun Greenhalgh held an emergency meeting of the local authority this morning to discuss the increasing numbers, which have since risen again as new data is being regularly published.Speaking after the meeting, he said: “It is with a heavy heart that the cabinet and officer team have come to this decision and this will be incredibly disappointing for both residents and business owners.

hereBut the rising number of cases in both boroughs since that decision was made by the government have alarmed local leaders.Trafford's infection rate is still relatively high - at 35.4 per 100,000 people - for the week ending August 29.There were 84 new cases of coronavirus recorded in the borough the last week - 38 more than the week before.In Stockport - where restrictions are also set to be lifted tomorrow - it's a different story.