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direct to your inboxCare homes in Trafford are once again reporting coronavirus cases – and the borough’s health chief has raised concerns about rates being ‘stuck’.Director for public health Eleanor Roaf gave an update on the Covid-19 situation this morning (Wednesday).She said: “What we’re seeing at the moment in terms of cases is the rate of decline stall.“What we were seeing was our numbers going down, albeit more slowly than they were in previous lockdowns, but we’ve really stopped seeing

direct to your inboxA total of 406 people have died from COVID-19 across Trafford.The borough’s Director for Public Health, Eleanor Roaf, said ‘we must do better’ as the UK’s total death toll hit 100,000 people yesterday.Ms Roaf struck a solemn tone at Trafford council’s public engagement board meeting this morning and said: “It is a very, very sad day for this country.“Of course I extend my condolences to anyone who’s lost a loved one in Trafford, as I’m sure everyone else here does.

direct to your inboxGreater Manchester’s political leaders have criticised the government’s decision to place the area under the strictest coronavirus rules – but Rochdale’s leader has welcomed the news.Trafford’s director for public health, Eleanor Roaf, said she doesn’t believe Greater Manchester is being ‘punished’.She said: “I think really, unfortunately, in Greater Manchester we happen to have a lot of things that put our population at greater risk – more people in lower paid work, more

direct to your inboxTrafford’s Director for Public Health has urged caution as the number of cases of COVID-19 have started to ‘creep up again’ since the end of the national lockdown.Eleanor Roaf gave an update to Trafford council’s public engagement board on Monday morning – two days before the Government is due to make a decision over which tier the borough will be placed in.She said: “We are doing well in Trafford and our numbers have come down, but since the end of the lockdown, we’re now

with some calling the decision a ‘disgrace’.But speaking at the council’s public engagement board this morning Eleanor Roaf, Trafford’s Director for Public Health, said: “I know there’s been a lot of disappointment in some quarters about the fact that we’re still in tier 3, but I think that even though our rates are lower than some other places that are not in tier 3, we do have to recognise that we’re part of Greater Manchester.“People travel in and out of our borough all the time, for work in

A ‘steady rise’ in the number of cases of coronavirus in the over 65s age group is causing concern in Trafford, while hints have been made that bonfire night celebrations could be stopped.The borough’s Director for Public Health, Eleanor Roaf and council officers gave an update to public engagement board this morning.Trafford currently sits 36th highest in the country for its infection rates, with a current rate of 322.7 per 100,000 people.Ms Roaf warned: “If we don’t all change our behaviour a

Trafford’s public health chief says ‘we’re not in the situation we want to be in, at all’ over coronavirus.The borough’s current infection rate stands at 55.6 per 100,000 people and rising, director of public health Eleanor Roaf told Trafford council’s public engagement board.She added that issues with testing had been ‘affecting us quite badly in Trafford, as with everyone else’.Ms Roaf said: “We’re not in the situation we want to be in at all.

A new hotspot for coronavirus cases has emerged in Trafford.Firswood in the north of the borough saw 14 new cases between August 14 and August 20.The rise in new positive cases could be down to greater testing, according to the borough’s director of public health, Eleanor Roaf.There has been a site installed not far from Firswood at the UA92 campus for a number of weeks and this could also be driving the increase in confirmed cases there.Ms Roaf also explained that even if only a couple of

The number of new confirmed coronavirus cases in Trafford has gone down.From 85 new cases confirmed in the week until July 30, this week’s figures show a reduction to 46 new cases recorded between then and August 6.The number of cases was one of the highest in the UK, but has since almost halved after the introduction of new government restrictions last week.Eleanor Roaf, Trafford’s director of public health, said: “Of course it is great news that the numbers of cases have halved.

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.