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Paul Britton

Latest coronavirus infection rates in Greater Manchester - cases rise in two boroughs - but fall everywhere else

Coronavirus infection rates have risen in Stockport and Trafford, but fallen everywhere else, the latest official data for Greater Manchester reveals.

And the figures show that in Greater Manchester, as a whole, the infection rate is now just LOWER than the national average.

Stockport continues to have the highest coronavirus infection rate in Greater Manchester.

The borough recorded a rate of 390.9 cases per 100,000 people in the week ending September 19 - the latest figures available.

The lowest infection rate is in Manchester, where the rate is 205.0 cases per 100,000 people.

The latest Public Heath England data, published on Thursday, shows the 'weekly trend' in Stockport increased by eight per cent.

There were 1,150 positive Covid-19 tests in the week ending September 19 - 90 more than the previous seven days.

In Trafford, cases rose by seven per cent.

A total of 800 people tested positive there over the seven days to September 19, which is 53 more than the week before.

The latest figures (PHE/MEN)

Trafford's latest infection rate is 336.7 cases per 100,000 people.

In Greater Manchester as a whole, the infection rate is now 275.8 cases per 100,000 population.

That's lower than the national average, which is 276.0 cases per 100,000 people.

A total of 7,820 people tested positive for coronavirus across Greater Manchester in the week ending September 19.

The Greater Manchester weekly total has decreased by 970 cases compared to the previous week, which means the infection rate was down 11 per cent in the last week.

The infection rate is higher than the national average in Stockport, Tameside and Trafford.

It currently stands lower in all seven other boroughs.

In the week ending September 19, 39 people died within 28 days of a positive Covid test across Greater Manchester, four more than the week before.

Cases reported in each of the ten boroughs:

Oldham recorded 655 coronavirus cases, which is 132 fewer than in the previous seven days.

The latest infection rate in Oldham is 275.6 cases per 100,000 people - down 17 per cent week-on-week.

A shopper in Ashton, Tameside (Manchester Evening News)

There was a fall of 12 per cent in cases in Bury over the week ending September 19 - which represents 66 fewer cases than the previous week.

Manchester, which has the lowest infection rate in the region, recorded 1,139 positive Covid-19 tests in the week ending September 19, which is 333 fewer than the previous seven days.

The coronavirus infection rate in Manchester is now 205.0 cases per 100,000 people - down by 23 per cent week-on-week.

Salford saw a total of 685 cases in the week ending September 19, 126 fewer than the previous week. That's a fall of 16 per cent.

In Salford, the most recent coronavirus infection rate is now 260.8 cases per 100,000 people.

The trend is down in Wigan, where there were 876 positive Covid-19 tests in the week ending September 19, 214 fewer than the previous seven days. That's down by 20 per cent compared to the previous week.

The latest infection rate in Wigan is 264.9 cases per 100,000 people, which is lower than the national average.

There were 866 positive tests over the last week in Tameside, which is 16 fewer than in the previous week.

The week-on-week trend in Tameside is down by two per cent and the latest infection rate is 381.3 cases per 100,000 people.

In Bolton, the number of cases is down by 14 per cent compared to the previous week - leaving the infection rate at 231.4 cases per 100,000 population.

There were 667 positive Covid-19 tests in Bolton in the week ending September 19, which was 106 fewer than the previous seven days.

Rochdale is an area where the trend is down. The latest infection rate here is 225.8 cases per 100,000 people.

There were 505 cases recorded in Rochdale, which is 120 fewer than the previous week - a fall of 19 per cent.

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