Greater Manchester has recorded the lowest daily increase in positive coronavirus tests since September.
There were 600 cases added across the region today, which is the smallest daily increase since September 28 when 486 positive cases were recorded.
Last Sunday, 1,030 positive tests were confirmed in Greater Manchester.
The latest data from Public Health England shows the infection rate for the region is now 217.7 per 100,000 of population.
That is down 35 per cent on last week.
It is still above the national rate of 167.4 but the rate is falling faster than the country as a whole.
The infection rate is falling fastest in Salford, where there was a 49 per cent drop in cases for the week ending on November 25.
The rate in Trafford, now 127.7, is also declining rapidly. The borough saw a 46 per cent drop in cases week-on-week.
Trafford is the only borough in the region which is below the national weekly infection average.
Tameside, Stockport and Salford now all also have infection rates below 200 per 100,000 people.
In Bury there were 481 confirmed positive tests for the week ending on November 25, bringing the weekly total for the borough below 500 for the first time since the beginning of October.
Rochdale and Oldham have the highest infection rates in the region but cases are on a downward trend in both areas.
The latest infection rates for the week ending November 25 for Greater Manchester are:
Rochdale - 293.6, down 34 per cent
Oldham - 282.1, down 26 per cent
Bolton - 258.4, down 28 per cent
Bury - 251.8, down 30 per cent
Wigan - 251.3, down 25 per cent
Manchester - 206.2, down 32 per cent
Tameside - 177.5, down 33 per cent
Salford - 176.9, down 49 per cent
Stockport - 169.7, down 33 per cent
Trafford - 127.7, down 46 per cent
Data published on Wednesday showed the infection rate in Greater Manchester is now the lowest it has been since the end of September, falling by 45 per cent over the last two weeks compared to a 39 per cent fall across the North West and a 13 per cent fall across England.
In London, over the same period, the infection rate increased by 17 per cent.
Despite the continued downwards trend of the figures, our region will again be placed into the Government's Tier 3 measures when lockdown comes to an end next week.
Yesterday (Saturday), Boris Johnson warned of 'disastrous consequences' for the NHS without the introduction of the tougher tiers and urged the nation to 'work together' with tiering, testing and vaccines.
The Prime Minister said he believed Easter would mark a 'real chance to return to something like life as normal', but stressed that it was still too early to relax restrictions.
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