Oldham coronavirus spike won't be over for weeks, warns health chief - as new figures show ANOTHER rise in infections

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map showing cases in smaller districts, the hotspots in Oldham have been particularly concentrated in two areas - Alexandra Park and Werneth.

Oldham’s second Covid-19 spike is bigger than it was during the height of the pandemic.For the week ending August 11 there have been 266 cases of coronavirus confirmed in the borough, according to government figures.This is an increase of 18 from the previous highest week’s total of 248 which was recorded in the week to April 12.The borough is currently on the verge of a local lockdown being introduced to try and halt the numbers of new cases of the virus.But the town’s MP Jim McMahon has

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterA new report released today shows that five deaths last week were linked to coronavirus.The National Records of Scotland figures mean the COVID-19 death toll in Scotland stands at 4213.The five deaths mean it's the lowest recorded weekly total since the first death was recorded in March 2020.Across Ayrshire and Arran no new deaths linked to coronavirus have been registered since July 20 to July

coronavirus in Scotland, but the number of new cases has spiked again to 52. A total of 19,079 people have been handed positive COVID-19 test results across the country.

Around 730,000 workers in the UK have been taken off the payrolls of British companies since the start of the coronavirus lockdown in March, new figures show.According to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), employment rates have continued to decline in the past month, as another 81,000 jobs fell off payrolls across the country.And between May and June, employment dropped by the largest amount in a quarter since 2009.The over-65s, the self-employed and part-time workers were

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A new coronavirus testing centre has opened in Oldham after a spike of infections in the borough led to stricter restrictions on socialising being brought back.The new facility has been built over the weekend and launched on Monday, August 3 at the car park of Oasis Academy on Hollins Road.It will offer ‘walk-through testing’ so residents don’t need to be in a vehicle to access the site.Councillor Zahid Chauhan, cabinet member for health and social care said: “This site is accessible to many

coronavirus infections in Greater Manchester is a warning to the 'complacent white middle class', a health chief has said. Eleanor Roaf, the director of public health in Trafford, said that 80% of the infections recorded in the borough last week were in the white community.

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