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The latest infection rates for each Greater Manchester borough
Here’s the numbers…
Latest figures show seven boroughs in Greater Manchester see an increase in infection rates.
Public Health England’s latest figures show that cases have risen by 20% in Tameside in the seven days ending March 11th.
Political leaders are linking the rise to the return of schools on March 8th.
Andy Burnham tweeted yesterday: “For those wondering what’s going on, we did predict last week that the school testing regime would have this effect on the figures.
“No room for complacency of course, and overall the figures are still too high, but an explanation that people may find helpful.”
Rochdale now has the highest infection rate in the region, at 122.7 cases per 100,000 people, according to the latest data from Public Health England (March 15th).
The national average is below rates in any borough in Greater Manchester at 58.4 cases per 100,000 people currently.
Trafford currently has the lowest infection rate with 64.9 cases per 100,000 in the week ending March 11th.
Bury is seeing a downward trend in cases, a fall of 13% since the previous week. Bolton also saw a fall of 14% and has an infection rate of 90.8 cases per 100,000 population.
The trend is down in Wigan as well, but the infection rate has increased in Rochdale. Stockport also saw a rise of 7%.
Tameside saw a rate of 117.4 (up 20%), Salford 108.2 (up 12%), Oldham 97 (up 16%) and Manchester a rate of 89.7 per 100,000 people (up 3%).
Across Greater Manchester as a whole, the infection rate is 95.0 cases per 100,000 population. In Greater Manchester, the infection rate has increased 4% on the week prior.
The number of cases also rose by 3% compared to the previous week with 89.7 cases per 100,000 people.