The latest Covid-19 infection rates for Greater Manchester as another borough goes above national average

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 inboxTameside is one of only 14 places in England showing a week-on-week rise in coronavirus cases.The borough recorded 462 cases in the week ending February 15 - that’s 54 more than in the previous week.It’s the biggest increase in case numbers in the past week out of anywhere in the country although the spike in its overall rate, which has gone up by 10 percent, is not the biggest national percentage rise.Elsewhere in Greater Manchester, Bury had 403 cases in this seven-day

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

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

direct to your inboxLatest figures show Bury is one of just 12 places in England where coronavirus infection rates have gone up.Rates are continuing to fall in nine of Greater Manchester's 10 boroughs.But in Bury, figures published by Public Health England on Monday showed infection rates to be up slightly.

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

hereIn Salford, which has the second highest infection rate in the conurbation, at 261.6, cases fell by seven per cent compared to the week before.The latest infection rate figures come as a further 34 more people died in Greater Manchester's Hospitals after testing positive for Coronavirus.It brings the region's hospital death toll to 5,255.NHS England announced a further 664 deaths, bringing the total number of fatalities in NHS hospitals in England to 77,253.

Coronavirus infection rates are falling in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester.As the third national lockdown continues, the proportion of cases per 100,000 people is reducing week-on-week across the conurbation.There is some disparity in the rate at which cases are falling, with some boroughs seeing a more significant decrease than others.Seven boroughs now have a higher infection rate than the national average, which was 202.1 per 100,000 on February 5.Greater Manchester's overall

direct to your inboxCoronavirus infection rates continue to fall across most of the region - but one borough has seen a slight rise in cases.There were 799 new cases in Bolton in the week to February 4, a 1% rise on the previous seven days.Every other borough saw a drop in cases, the latest Public Health England figures show.But Oldham's infection rate, while continuing to fall, is now above the national average of 211.8 cases per 100,000 people.Salford saw the smallest drop in cases, down 1% to

direct to your inboxInfection rates in several areas of Greater Manchester are moving away from the national average.As of February 3, six boroughs across the region had a higher proportion of cases per 100,000 people than England as a whole.Rochdale, Wigan, Stockport, Salford, Manchester and Bolton now have a higher infection rate than the country's average, which is 222.4.Greater Manchester's average infection rate has also surpassed this figure, at 242.8 cases per 100,000 people.Bolton

direct to your inboxTameside has become the latest borough in Greater Manchester to go above the national average for its coronavirus infection rate.Although the number of cases has fallen around 8 per cent in the borough, it joins Manchester in hitting a rate that is higher than the England average of 280 per 100,000 people.Tameside is on 287 and Manchester 299.Salford was also above the national average yesterday but has now fallen back below, after recording a 23 per cent drop in

direct to your inboxCoronavirus infection rates in Manchester are now higher than the national average as cases fall faster elsewhere in the country.It is the first time since December 16 that any of the boroughs in Greater Manchester has been above the national average.The infection rate for Manchester in the week ending January 26 was 314.4 cases per 100,000 people - down 22pc week-on-week.The national rate was 309.1 cases per 100,000 people - down 30pc.Infection rates in the remaining nine

direct to your inbox The latest coronavirus infection rates across Greater Manchester show Salford remains the borough which has the highest rate. On Thursday, Salford had the highest infection rates in the region, as it overtook Manchester.Rates in every area are still continuing to fall, reflecting an England-wide trend.Figures from Public Health England show that overall the rate of infection for England is 329.5 cases per 100,000 people.

direct to your inboxSalford now has the highest coronavirus infection rates in the region overtaking Manchester, the latest data shows.The latest Public Health England figures show that rates in every area are still continuing to fall.The overall rate for the region currently stands at 304.7 per 100,000, a fall of 19 per cent week-on-week.This is lower than the national average which was recorded at 353.7 per 100,000 in the week ending January 24.The rate appears to be falling faster nationally

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

Sign up to the MySalford newsletter and don't miss a thing happening in and around the cityClifton currently has the lowest infection rate in Greater Manchester.Only five Covid cases were confirmed there over the week ending January 16.The Salford neighbourhood is one of only two in all of Greater Manchester with an infection rate under 100 cases per 100,000 people in the seven-day period.The latest government figures reveal that the infection rate in Clifton was 84.3 cases per 100,000 people

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

direct to your inboxThe NHS has sadly confirmed the deaths of 29 more patients in hospitals in Greater Manchester who had tested positive for Covid-19.The region's hospital death toll now stands at 4,757.NHS bosses said on Friday a further 993 people who tested positive for the virus have died in hospitals across England.It brings the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 65,104.In the north west, a further 94 hospital deaths were reported, the NHS said on Friday.A

For all the latest news from in and around Bolton, sign up for the free MyBolton newsletterCoronavirus infection rates have continued to fall across Greater Manchester, but have edged back upwards in one borough.Overall the number of positive tests dropped by 12 per cent in the week ending on January 16, compared with the previous week.Latest figures issued by Public Health England show that 10,963 people tested positive across Greater Manchester during the 7 days period up to Saturday - that's