Coronavirus infection rates have gone up in seven boroughs of Greater Manchester, according to the latest data.
The weekly rates have fallen in three areas.
Stockport continues to have the highest coronavirus infection rate in Greater Manchester, after replacing Tameside earlier in the week.
The borough recorded a rate of 530.9 cases per 100,000 people in the week ending September 27, according to the latest data from Public Health England.
The lowest infection rate is in Manchester, where the rate is 211.4 cases per 100,000 people.
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In Greater Manchester as a whole, the infection rate is now 331.9 cases per 100,000 population. The infection rate in the region is lower than the national average, which is 341.6 cases per 100,000 people.
A total of 9,413 people tested positive for coronavirus across Greater Manchester in the week which ended on September 27. The Greater Manchester weekly total has increased by 1293 cases compared to the previous week, which means the infection rate was up 16 per cent in the last week..
The infection rate is higher than the national average in 4 areas of Greater Manchester. It is lower than the national average in six areas.
Hospital admissions
In the week ending on September 05, a total of 307 patients were admitted to Greater Manchester NHS hospitals with Covid-19. That is seven more than the week before, a rise of 2%.
On Tuesday September 07, there were 50 Mechanical Ventilation (MV) beds occupied by Covid patients in Greater Manchester NHS hospitals. That is two fewer than a week earlier.
This is the most recent available data for hospital admissions, the figures for NHS trusts are not updated daily.
Deaths
In the week ending September 27, a total of 28 people died within 28 days of a positive Covid test across Greater Manchester, which is 17 fewer than the week before.
Cases reported in each of the ten boroughs
In Trafford , the latest infection rate is 479.8 cases per 100,000 people and the number of cases has gone up by 37 per cent.
A total of 1140 people tested positive for Covid in Trafford over the seven days ending on September 27, which is 305 more than the week before.
In Stockport , there were 1562 positive Covid-19 tests in the week ending September 27, which is 343 more than the previous 7 days.
Stockport has the highest infection rate in the region. The infection rate in Stockport is up slightly compared with the previous day and the week-on-week trend is up by 28 per cent.
Manchester , which has the lowest infection rate in the region, recorded 1175 positive Covid-19 tests in the week ending September 27, which is 10 fewer than the previous 7 days.
The coronavirus infection rate in Manchester is now 211.4 cases per 100,000 people and is down by one per cent week-on-week.
There were 1119 positive tests over the last week in Tameside , which is 170 more than in the previous week.
The week-on-week trend in Tameside is up by 18 per cent and the latest infection rate is 492.7 cases per 100,000 people.
There was a fall of four per cent in cases in Bury over the week ending September 27, and the infection rate is now 249.1 cases per 100,000 population.
Bury recorded 475 positive Covid-19 tests over the seven-day period, and that is 20 fewer than the previous week.
Salford saw a total of 814 cases in the week ending September 27, which is 118 more than the previous week. That is a rise of 17 per cent.
In Salford, the most recent coronavirus infection rate is now 309.9 cases per 100,000 people.
Rochdale is an area where the trend is down. The latest infection rate here is 223.6 cases per 100,000 people.
There were 500 cases recorded in Rochdale, which is 10 fewer than the previous week - a fall of two per cent.
In Bolton , the number of cases is up by seven per cent compared to the previous week - leaving the infection rate at 245.3 cases per 100,000 population.
There were 707 positive Covid-19 tests in Bolton in the week ending September 27, which was 48 more than the previous 7 days.
The trend is up in Oldham , where there were 748 positive Covid-19 tests in the week ending September 27, which is 104 more than the previous 7 days. That is up by 16 per cent compared to the previous week.
The latest infection rate in Oldham is 314.8 cases per 100,000 people, which is lower than the national average.
Wigan recorded 1173 coronavirus cases, which is 245 more than in the previous seven days.
The latest infection rate in Wigan is 354.7 cases per 100,000 people and that is up 26 per cent week-on-week.
