Five men are set to appear in court after being charged in connection with vehicle thefts. Three men from Rochdale will appear at Manchester Magistrates' Court tomorrow (May 16), along with two defendants from Oldham and Longsight.
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One Greater Manchester borough continues to have a Coronavirus infection rate above the national average. Despite this, cases have still fallen across the region.
According to the latest data, Stockport continues to have the highest coronavirus infection rate in Greater Manchester. The borough recorded a rate of 226.0 cases per 100,000 people in the week ending April 21. This is higher the national average of 214.8 cases per 100,000.
The lowest infection rate is in Oldham, where the rate is 145.6 cases per 100,000 people. In Greater Manchester as a whole, the infection rate is now 178.7 cases per 100,000 population.
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A total of 5,067 people tested positive for coronavirus across Greater Manchester in the week which ended on April 21. The Greater Manchester weekly total has decreased by 1851 cases compared to the previous week, which means the infection rate was down 27 per cent in the last week.
Hospital admissions
In the week ending on April 17, a total of 692 patients were admitted to Greater Manchester NHS hospitals with Covid-19. That is 23 fewer than the week before, a fall of 3 per cent.
On Tuesday April 19, there were 19 Mechanical Ventilation (MV) beds occupied by Covid patients in Greater Manchester NHS hospitals. That is three more than a week earlier.
Deaths
In the week ending April 21, a total of 56 people died within 28 days of a positive Covid test across Greater Manchester, which is 15 fewer than the week before. Since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 984,791 confirmed coronavirus cases in Greater Manchester. There has been a total of 9,153 deaths.
Cases reported in each of the ten boroughs
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Coronavirus infection rates are continuing to plummet in all ten Greater Manchester boroughs - however one still has a rate higher than the national average, according to the latest available data.
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