The latest coronavirus hotspots in Greater Manchester

direct to your inboxThe coronavirus infection rate has risen in two boroughs of Greater Manchester. Bury and Tameside are the only parts of the region where the number of new cases has increased, the latest Public Health England (PHE) figures show.

direct to your inboxThe NHS has confirmed the deaths of 18 more patients in hospitals in Greater Manchester who had tested positive for coronavirus.Nationally, a further 309 hospital deaths were reported on Thursday.Of those, 42 were in hospitals in the north west region.Six further deaths have been recorded at Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, with five more at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.Three further deaths were recorded at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust and at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh

direct to your inbox The latest figures on Covid-19 case rates for every local authority area in England show how the ten boroughs of Greater Manchester compare.

hereBury's rate increased by a single case.Oldham and Wigan also has a higher rate than yesterday, but cases are still down when the figures are compared with the previous week.The national average in England is 137.4 cases per 100,000 of the population.Manchester and Trafford recorded the highest week-on-week fall in cases.Bolton has the highest infection rate in Greater Manchester - at 236.1 cases per 100,000.Trafford - on 137.8 cases - has the lowest.Of the 315 local areas in England, 16 (5

hereBolton has the highest rate in the region, and the 11th highest in the country.Across Greater Manchester as whole the infection rates continue to fall, but the rate of decline has started to level off, the figures indicate.The infection rate is slightly higher today in Salford, Trafford, Oldham and Stockport than it was yesterday - Monday - but this increase has not yet been reflected in a week-on-week trend.Therefore it's too early to tell if cases will continue to rise in these areas over

direct to your inboxCoronavirus infections are falling across the majority of Greater Manchester.But as the latest covid heat map shows, there are big variations in the number of infections, from borough to borough and often with towns themselves. An interactive map shows the number of positive Covid test results in each neighbourhood across the country using Office for National Statistics (ONS) data.

direct to your inboxCoronavirus infection rates are continuing to fall in every borough in Greater Manchester except one, the latest figures show.Bolton is one of just 11 places in England where the number of cases has increased.Public Health England figures show in the week to February 10, Bolton's rate was up 1% to 276.1 cases per 100,000 people.The current national average in England is 157.3.Bolton's rate is actually lower than the figure of 218.7 published on Saturday, despite today's chart

Coronavirus infection rates are continuing to fall in all but one area of Greater Manchester.The rate in Bolton is currently 281.7 cases per 100,000 people in the week up to February 9.There were 810 cases recorded in the town that week - a one percent increase on the previous week.Bolton still has the highest rate in Greater Manchester and is one of only 15 local areas in England showing a week-on-week increase.Rutland, in the east Midlands, currently has the highest infection rate in the

direct to your inboxCoronavirus infection rates across Greater Manchester are continuing to fall, the latest figures reveal.Infection rates declined in every area in our region other than Bolton, which remained the same week-on-week.Bolton still has the highest infection rate in Greater Manchester, at 280.3 cases per 100,000 people. The M.E.N.

transmission rates went up in the week ending February 7. The infection rate in Bolton has risen by 6 per cent to 288.6 cases per 100,000 people, according to Public Health England figures.

direct to your inboxCoronavirus infection rates are continuing to fall in most areas of Greater Manchester as a result of the third national lockdown.In the week ending February 4, only one borough saw a small rise in the proportion of cases per 100,000 people.There were 799 new cases in Bolton in the most up to date reporting period, a one per cent rise on the previous seven days. Every other borough saw a drop in cases, the latest Public Health England figures show.

direct to your inbox A further 23 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.

direct to your inboxA further 27 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.The region's hospital death toll is now 5,168, the latest NHS figures show.In the past 24 hours another 16 deaths were recorded at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust and seven people died at Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.Bolton NHS Foundation Trust reported two more deaths, while Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation

direct to your inboxCoronavirus infection rates are continuing to fall in every borough in Greater Manchester, the latest data shows.The latest Public Health England figures show the transmission rate is lower than the national average in all areas across the region.Infection rates are dropping in every area, with the rate now falling below 360 per 100,000 in every borough.Manchester continues to have the highest infection rate in the region.It was recorded at 355.8 in the week ending January

direct to your inboxCoronavirus infection rates are continuing to fall in every borough in Greater Manchester, the latest data shows.The latest Public Health England figures show the transmission rate is lower than the national average in all areas across the region.Infection rates are dropping in every area, with the rate now falling below 370 per 100,000 in every borough.Manchester continues to have the highest infection rate in the region.It was recorded at 367.9 in the week ending January

direct to your inboxThe number of new cases of Covid-19 is plummeting in every part of Greater Manchester, suggesting the third national lockdown may be taking effect.As of January 20, the infection rate had fallen below 400 in every borough of the conurbation, for the first time since New Year's Day.While the number of cases is moving in the right direction for our region, some local areas are still virus hotspots.

direct to your inboxThe coronavirus infection rate has fallen below 400 in every borough in Greater Manchester for the first time since New Year's Day.Across the region the number of infections continues to fall, the latest Public Health England figures show.Manchester remains the worst-affected borough in the region.But in the week up to January 20, its rate dropped 14% to 397.1 cases per 100,000 people.It means for the first time since January 1, all 10 boroughs in Greater Manchester have an

direct to your inboxA further 17 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.It means the region's hospital death toll now stands at 4,791.In the last 24 hours 10 more deaths were recorded at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.Fore more people died at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust and three more fatalities were reported at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust.The total number of coronavirus deaths at hospital trusts

direct to your inboxInfection rates are continuing to fall across every Greater Manchester borough.Each of the region’s ten boroughs are below England's average of 452.5 per 100,000 people in the week ending January 18.Only the city of Manchester has a rate above 400 and Oldham - which once had the highest rates in the country - is now sitting at 282.6 cases per 100,000 people for the same time period.Here in Greater Manchester, the borough of Trafford had the biggest drop in cases in the seven

direct to your inboxThe Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital is to open emergency Covid beds for adults in a sign of the unprecedented pressure facing Greater Manchester’s hospitals.Sir Richard Leese, the region’s health chief, said the situation in the system was now ‘critical’ as NHS bosses have scrambled to discharge as many people as possible ahead of a sustained peak over the coming three weeks.Crisis meetings have been held to determine the ability to scale up beds, as Salford Royal and