Rates of Covid-19 have gone up in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester for the second day in a row
09.03.2022 - 23:45
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Rates of Covid-19 have gone up in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester for the second day in a row.
Stockport continues to have the highest coronavirus infection rate in the region, with the borough recording a rate of 309.0 cases per 100,000 people in the week ending March 5, according to the latest data from the UK Health Security Agency.
The lowest infection rate is in Rochdale, where the rate is 154.7 cases per 100,000 people.
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However, like Tuesday, none of the boroughs in our area are above the England average of 369.3 cases per 100,000 people.
In Greater Manchester as a whole, the infection rate is now 223.9 cases per 100,000 population.
A total of 6,348 people tested positive for coronavirus across Greater Manchester in the week which ended on March 5. The Greater Manchester weekly total has increased by 1,252 cases compared to the previous week, which means the infection rate was up 25 percent in the last week.
The infection rate is lower than the national average in all ten local authorities in Greater Manchester.
Hospital admissions
In the week ending on February 27, a total of 308 patients were admitted to Greater Manchester NHS hospitals with Covid-19. That is ten fewer than the week before, a fall of three percent.
On Tuesday March 1, there were 14 Mechanical Ventilation (MV) beds occupied by Covid patients in Greater Manchester NHS hospitals. That is 10 fewer than a week earlier.
This is the most recent available data for hospital admissions, the figures for NHS trusts are not updated daily.
Deaths
In the week ending March 5, a total of 24 people died within 28 days of a positive Covid test across Greater