The latest Covid-19 infection rates for Greater Manchester as several boroughs move away from national average

In Tameside, the latest infection rate is 184.6 cases per 100,000 people and the number of cases has gone down by 12 per cent. There was a fall of 14 per cent in cases in Manchester over the week ending February 23.

direct to your inboxThe coronavirus infection rate for Greater Manchester has dipped slightly overnight but the overall decline continues to slow. On Wednesday, the number of positive cases per 100,000 people in the region showed an overnight rise for the first time since early January.The daily infection rate was 181 compared with 178 on Tuesday.It is now down to 180.5 but the week-on-week infection rate, a better indicator of the trend, has slowed to a 4 per cent decline.

that the effects of the national lockdown may be wearing off.At a press conference today, Sir Richard Leese, the leader of Manchester council ad the region's health lead, admitted our infection rates are 'not going down fast enough'.He pointed to Bury where there has been several days of positive cases increasing and said while it’s 'too early to say' if it is a trend, it is an ‘area of concern’.Bolton is once again the borough with the highest infection rate in Greater Manchester with 236.5

for the easing of lockdown restrictions, starting from next month.

hereThere was a fall of 12 per cent in cases in Rochdale over the week ending February 18. Rochdale recorded 380 positive Covid-19 tests, and that is 54 fewer than the previous week.In Wigan, the number of cases was down by 4 per cent.

direct to your inboxCoronavirus infection rates are falling fast across England following the latest national lockdown.But there remains a huge difference in the number of positive cases being reported between different areas of the country.In Corby, Northamptonshire, for example, the infection rate is still above 300 cases per 100,000 people.While in parts of Devon, the rate has fallen to just 11.More than half the country remains above 100 cases per 100,000 people and the average for the

direct to your inboxThe number of coronavirus cases continues to fall in Greater Manchester - although more slowly than the national average.The latest data shows the infection rate in our region has fallen to 185.5 cases per 100,000 people.That represents a significant drop since rates climbed as high as 461.5 in January.But the rate in Greater Manchester is decreasing more slowly week by week when compared with England as a whole.It is down 8 per cent for the week ending February 17 while the

direct to your inboxCoronavirus has brought heartache to thousands of families across Greater Manchester.More than 5,200 people have died in our region's hospitals alone. And tragically, this number is continuing to rise.

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

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.

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 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 inboxTwo boroughs in Greater Manchester have now reached a coronavirus infection rate that is higher than the national average.Salford has joined Manchester as the second borough to record a higher proportion of cases per 100,000.As of January 27, there were 293.8 cases per 100,000 of the population in England. Manchester went above this rate on January 26.