GMP shut down another house party in Oldham after dealing with 863 Covid-19 incidents this weekend

Police were called to another house party in Oldham, the Greater Manchester borough with the highest rave of Covid-19 infection. 

Police were called to a party in Failsworth on Monday night to give the occupant a fixed penalty notice due to an illegal party. 

This news comes just two days after officers were called to Derker following reports of a party on Saturday night. 

The police recorded 863 incidents relating to Covid-19 between Friday and Saturday across the region, including 54 reports of people breaching the rules on Sunday alone. 

Under the current lockdown restrictions, people from different households cannot mix within homes or gardens in Greater Manchester.

The local restrictions were implemented across our region due to the high infection rate within certain boroughs, including Oldham. 

Currently, Oldham has the highest rate of infection out of all ten boroughs in Greater Manchester, with 91.5 per 100,000 infection rate. This is significantly higher than the next worst affected area, Manchester, which has a rate of 46.9. 

GMP Oldham Central shared the incident on social media writing: “Officers have this evening attended a report of a house party in Failsworth.

“This is a breach of the current COVID-19 restrictions. The occupant was issued with a fixed penalty notice”.