Tameside 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 cases.
Meanwhile, Oldham is now the only borough in the region to record a slight increase in its infection rate.
It is the first time cases have gone up in Oldham in three weeks and it ends a period of about two weeks when cases were falling in all ten Greater Manchester boroughs.
Trafford continues to have the lowest infection rate at 235 cases per 100,000.
But the downward trend is slowing across the board, with the overall Greater Manchester infection rate now 270.5.
It means the Greater Manchester rate is only marginally below the national rate of 280.9 and is falling at a slower pace.
Cases are down 18 per cent week-on-week in our region, compared to a 31 per cent fall in England.
It come as a further six people have died in Greater Manchester hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.
The region's coronavirus hospital death toll has now reached 5,012, the latest NHS figures show.
Five more deaths were recorded by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust in its 24 hour figures.
The trust is in charge of some of the city's major hospitals including the Manchester Royal Infirmary and Wythenshawe Hospital.
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust recorded one more death.
Nationally, a further 356 people, who tested positive for coronavirus have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 72,145.
Patients were aged between 22 and 103 years old, NHS England said. All except 20 (aged 50 to 96 years old) had known underlying health conditions.
Date of death ranges from May 18 to January 31 with the majority being on or after January 27.
