Coronavirus infection rates in Manchester and Trafford are still spiking, latest figures show.
Manchester is now one of seven areas in England that have weekly rates currently between 200 and 300 cases per 100,000.
Across Greater Manchester today, 982 new cases were reported, the highest daily increase so far.
In the week ending September 27, the latest available figures, Manchester's infection rate was recorded at 236 cases per 100,000 people.
That's an infection rate now higher than that in Bolton.
The week-on-week trend in both the boroughs of Manchester and Trafford is increasing.
Infection rates in the eight other boroughs of Greater Manchester are now seen to be levelling out.
All figures are based on Public Health England data published on Wednesday.
As of 9am on Wednesday, there had been a further 7,108 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK, slightly down on the 7,143 reported on Tuesday, which was the highest daily figure recorded since the outbreak began.
It brings the total number of cases in the UK to 453,264.
The Government also said a further 71 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Wednesday.
This brings the UK total to 42,143.
Separate figures published by the UK's statistics agencies show there have now been nearly 57,900 deaths registered in the UK where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.
The Government said there were 312 Covid-19 patients in mechanical ventilator beds as of Tuesday, and 2,252 Covid-19 patients currently in hospital, as reported on Monday.
The latest infection rates to the week ending September 27 per 100,000 people across Greater Manchester are:
Manchester - 236
Bolton - 196
Bury - 177
Rochdale - 170
Oldham - 163
Salford - 161
Tameside - 146
Wigan - 135
Trafford - 115
Stockport - 85
The figures, for the seven days to September 27, are based on tests carried out in laboratories (pillar one of the Government's testing programme) and in the wider community (pillar two).
The rate is expressed as the number of new cases per 100,000 people.
Data for the most recent three days (September 28-30) has been excluded as it is incomplete and likely to be revised.
Burnley continues to have the highest rate in England, with 291 new cases recorded in the seven days to September 27 - the equivalent of 327.3 cases per 100,000 people.
This is up sharply from 178.8 per 100,000 in the seven days to September 20.
Knowsley has the second highest rate, up from 204.2 to 261.8 with 395 new cases.
Liverpool is in third place, where the rate has increased from 198.4 to 258.4 with 1,287 new cases.
