The very latest coronavirus hotspots across Greater Manchester - borough-by-borough

risen again today - to 177.Among the cases confirmed today is the full closure of a second primary school in Greater Manchester.St Luke's Primary in Heywood had already sent home pupils in Years 2, 3 and 6, but now it's been forced to shut to all year groups amid 'staffing issues'.While some schools continue to send home entire year groups, others have more recently been restricting self-isolations to close contacts of confirmed cases - using seating plans to help identify those individuals they

new helpline has been set up by the government to make it easier for settings to get advice on what steps to take following a positive case.

risen again today - to 133. Testing problems are continuing to make things even more stressful for teachers and families, with many unable to book tests.

Royal Bolton Hospital issued a desperate plea for residents to stop visiting its emergency department in an attempt to get tested.

As infection rates continue to rise across much of the region, a testing nightmare isn't what Greater Manchester needs.

Manchester Evening News has kept an up-to-date list of every school impacted in recent days.This is the full list, as things stand, on the evening of Tuesday, September 15.How has sending your child back to school been for you so far? Let us know in the survey below. If it fails to load click here.Use the handy search tool here to find out where cases have been confirmed, or see the full list below:Schools where cases and self-isolations have already been confirmed include:ManchesterSt Peter's

coronavirus hotspots across Greater Manchester are struggling to get tested amid fears that the national system has ‘lapsed into chaos’. Residents in Manchester, Salford, Rochdale, Oldham, Bolton and Tameside are either being told there are limited numbers of tests available - or none at all.

we reported how the number of schools with confirmed cases had risen to more than 65.

interactive map  shows the number of positive Covid test results in each neighbourhood across the country.

hereSeven areas are currently in the 'red alert' zone, while three are 'amber'.In Salford, the infection rate fell from 82.3 to 80.4 while Bury's also dropped from 79.1 to 75.9.Manchester's shifted slightly from 75.4 to 74.9 and Rochdale's fell from 75.5 to 70.1.Wigan, Trafford and Stockport's infection rates are all increasing, according to the ONS data.Wigan's rate stands at 41.7, Trafford's 39.5 and Stockport's 39.5.However, the three boroughs still have the lowest transmission rates in

hereThe rate has increased from 63.4 to 70.7 cases per 100,000 people since yesterday.Manchester, Rochdale and Bury are all in the mid 60s.That means Rochdale has seen a slight decrease in infections, but Bury has increased again.Oldham has also seen its rate fall slightly, from 63.7 down to 58.2, while Trafford and Stockport's rate remains similar compared to yesterday.Wigan has also seen a slight increase.Wider analysis of the data by the M.E.N shows that cases are up week-on-week in eight of

Manchester Evening News to say they have been unable to book a test near to their homes and have have instead been offered appointments at testing centres hours away. University of Manchester student Robbie Beale said he cycled 13 miles and visited three different testing centres before eventually managing to get a test.

Strict new lockdown measures were imposed in the borough on Tuesday, mostly affecting the hospitality sector.

An interactive map using government figures suggests that a cluster formed with the neighbouring area of Rusholme West & Moss Side reporting 15 cases. And to the east there were 10 cases each in Fallowfield Central and Levenshulme South & Burnage North.

but was told the closest facility open to him was Llandudno in Wales - 80 miles away.

Bolton has nearly reached 100.

after car thieves twice ran over a dad who tried to stop them stealing his partner, Collette Kunyo's, Audi A6 S line from their home in Middleton.

interactive map showing the number of positive Covid test results in each neighbourhood in England. The map uses data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).Despite local restrictions being eased in Trafford, two neighbourhoods were still hitting double figures.Firswood in the north of Trafford recorded 13 cases while neighbouring Old Trafford recorded 11 - both between August 18 and 24.

will continue to be advised to avoid mixing with anyone from anther household anywhere.

Greater Manchester now has the lowest number of coronavirus cases since the end of July.There were 788 positive tests for the virus across all ten boroughs in the week ending August 24, the lowest number since July 28.Rates are calculated up to three days ago because of the delay in reporting cases.The infection rate is continuing to fall in Oldham, Rochdale, Salford and Bolton, with the number of cases falling in seven of the region's boroughs.Cases are still rising in Wigan, with an extra 10