Manchester is on red alert. So is half the region.
No Greater Manchester borough has a coronavirus infection rate lower than the national average.
Bolton has the highest rate in the country. The town has been locked down further - just like Oldham.
Every person across the region - except those in Stockport and Wigan - still have to abide by restrictions that go further than the national guidance.
This is the current Covid situation in our region.
The numbers are creeping up across much of the conurbation.
Five boroughs are now on 'red alert'.
The graphs, the tables, the numbers - they're more alarming every day.
Althrough hospital admissions are not yet significantly rising, there are fears it is only a matter of time before the virus preads to more vulnerable people.
Bolton, Oldham, Salford, Tameside and Manchester are now all on the highest level of alert - imposed by the government when the infection rate goes above 50.
Rochdale is also teetering on the brink of becoming 'red' with an infection rate of 49.5 per 100,000 people for the week ending September 3.
The infection rate has risen in every borough apart from Rochdale and Trafford since the previous seven day period.
The latest data also shows that 283 positive Covid-19 cases were recorded in Greater Manchester on September 2.
This is the highest number since April 29 when 328 cases were recorded during the height of lockdown.
Bolton, which was locked down further on Saturday (September 5), has the highest infection rate in the country - at 115.8 per 100,000.
The rate is doubling week-on-week, figures show.
In Oldham, where tighter restrictions have been in place for weeks, the rate stands at 59.5. This has increased slightly from 58.2.
The infection rate in Salford is rising, increasing from 51.4 in the previous seven day period to 58.
The rate has also increased in Tameside, Manchester, Bury, Wigan and Stockport.
Manchester now has an infection rate of 50.1 - it was recorded at 48.3 in the previous seven days.
Tameside has a rate of 50.3 putting it in the 'red alert' zone.
In Bury, the infection rate has risen to 42.2 - it was 38.2 the week before.
Wigan's rate has increased from 17.6 to 21.9 and Stockport's has increased from 13.6 to 18.7 but both boroughs remain in the green zone.
In Rochdale, the infection rate has remained the same at 49.5, putting the borough just under the 'red alert' zone.
The infection rate has dropped slightly in Trafford to 31.2.
This comes after almost 3,000 people tested positive for Covid-19 across the UK in the last 24 hours - the highest number recorded since May 22.
