Infection rates in several areas of Greater Manchester are moving away from the national average.
As of February 3, six boroughs across the region had a higher proportion of cases per 100,000 people than England as a whole.
Rochdale, Wigan, Stockport, Salford, Manchester and Bolton now have a higher infection rate than the country's average, which is 222.4.
Greater Manchester's average infection rate has also surpassed this figure, at 242.8 cases per 100,000 people.
Bolton currently has the highest rate of infection across the conurbation, at 275.4 in the week ending February 3.
Cases there are continuing to fall, but this appears to have stalled considerably in recent days.
There were 792 new cases of Covid-19 there in the week ending February 1, which is a fall of just one per cent week-on-week.
The rate at which cases are falling also appears to have plateaued in Wigan and Stockport.
In Stockport, the number of positive tests in the week ending February 3, fell by just five per week-on-week.
Wigan has a current infection rate of 244.6 per 100,000 people, a reduction of eight per cent compared to the seven days before.
Infection rates in Oldham appear close to levelling the national average, or rising above it in the next few days.
The number of new cases are falling by 25 per cent across the country, whereas in Oldham, cases only fell by 13 per cent as of February 3.
Across the region, cases are falling fastest in Tameside, Bury, and Trafford - which all have he lowest rates of infection.
There were 488 new positive tests in Tameside in the last seven day period, a fall of 24 per cent week-on-week.
Cases in Bury and Trafford have both reduced by 22 per cent, with Trafford recording the lowest proportion of cases as of February 3.
The latest figures come as Greater Manchester's hospitals recorded a further Covid-19 related 23 deaths.
It brings the region's hospital death toll to 5,191.
NHS England announced a further 410 deaths, bringing the total number of fatalities in NHS hospitals in England to 75,767.
On Sunday, Andy Burnham called for poorer parts of the country to be given additional supplies of the Covid-19 vaccine.
The Greater Manchester Mayor said that more jabs should be given in areas where life expectancy is lower.
Speaking to Sky News' Sophy Ridge On Sunday, he said there should be 'greater flexibility' within the vaccine roll out programme so that people can be called up earlier.
