Coronavirus infection rates have fallen in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester and remain below the national average, according to the latest data.
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Coronavirus infection rates have fallen in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester, according to the latest figures.
Tameside continues to have the highest coronavirus infection rate in Greater Manchester, with 922 cases per 100,000 people in the week ending January 28, according to the latest data from the UK Health Security Agency.
The lowest infection rate is in Oldham, where there were 730.6 cases per 100,000 people in the same period.
In Greater Manchester as a whole, the infection rate is now 801.7 cases per 100,000 population. The infection rate in the region is lower than the national average, which is 1082.8 cases per 100,000 people.
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A total of 22,733 people tested positive for coronavirus across Greater Manchester in the week which ended on January 28. The Greater Manchester weekly total has decreased by 4,951 cases compared to the previous week, which means the infection rate was down 18 per cent 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 January 23, a total of 676 patients were admitted to Greater Manchester NHS hospitals with Covid-19. That is 291 fewer than the week before, a fall of 76 per cent.
On Tuesday January 25, there were 31 Mechanical Ventilation (MV) beds occupied by Covid patients in Greater Manchester NHS hospitals. That is seven fewer than a week earlier.
This is the most recent available data for hospital admissions as figures for NHS trusts are not updated daily.
Deaths
In the week ending January 28, a total of 90 people died within 28 days of a positive Covid test across
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