Coronavirus cases are rising in two areas of Greater Manchester, as figures show the sharp rate of decline across the region is starting to level off.
Infection rate numbers went up week-on-week in Tameside for the first time in more than a month.
The percentage change is reported week-on-week, not day-by-day.
The latest rates are for the week ending February 12 and the percentage change is comparing that figure with the rate for the previous seven days, week ending February 5.
There were 453 cases in Tameside for the week ending February 12, the latest available figures showed on Tuesday.
That's 30 more cases than the previous week.
It means Tameside now has an infection rate of 200 cases per 100,000 people , an increase of seven per cent on the previous week.
Bury's infection rate has also continued to climb, compared with the previous week, the Public Health England figures showed.
The rate is now 205.8 cases per 100,000 population, up five per cent.
Tameside and Bury are among only 16 areas in England where the infection rate has gone up in the latest figures.
Bolton has the highest rate in the region, and the 11th highest in the country.
Across Greater Manchester as whole the infection rates continue to fall, but the rate of decline has started to level off, the figures indicate.
The infection rate is slightly higher today in Salford, Trafford, Oldham and Stockport than it was yesterday - Monday - but this increase has not yet been reflected in a week-on-week trend.
Therefore it's too early to tell if cases will continue to rise in these areas over a longer period.
The infection rate in Bury is slightly lower today than it was yesterday, but the week-on-week trend remains upward.
The Greater Manchester infection rate is now 193.7 cases per 100,000 people.
There were 5,493 positive tests across the region in the week ending on February 12, which is 1,073 fewer than the week before.
Only one area - Trafford - is now below the national average of 142 cases per 100,000.
Trafford is also the only area in Greater Manchester where the infection rate is falling faster than in the country as a whole.
There was a 30 per cent drop in infections in England over a 7-day period. In Trafford, the fall was 31 per cent.
The figures on Tuesday showed Middlesbrough had the highest infection rate in the country - at 318.5 cases per 100,000 of the population in the seven days ending February 12.
The government today confirmed the deaths of 799 more people within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test.
That represents a drop of a quarter since the same time last week.
The number of new infections recorded in the last 24 hours rose by 10,265, a slight increase on Monday's total of 9,765 cases.
However, the case total is still down 16 per cent week-on-week, as infection rates trend steadily downwards.
The number of people who have received their first dose of a vaccine is now approaching 15.6 million, with 546,165 vaccinated with a second dose.
