The coronavirus infection rate is going down in Oldham - but continues to rise in Manchester.
The latest data shows that Oldham has gone into a downward trend and now has a coronavirus infection rate of 83.1.
Manchester has continued to show an increase in cases and has an infection rate of 47.6, just short of the 50 which would place it on red alert on the government watchlist.
A further 154 cases were announced today across Greater Manchester, which is the highest daily increase for the last three days.
The data takes into account the seven days up to Saturday, August 15 as it takes three days for the cases to be reported.
In the week up to August 15 there were 1,001 cases across Greater Manchester - slightly less than the previous week, when there 1,004 cases.
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Manchester reported 263 cases in the week ending August 15, which is 57 more than the previous week, an increase of 28 per cent.
There was also a marked increase in Salford, where there were 95 cases, up from 71 the previous week.
Bury is the only other borough to show an upward trend, with 63 cases, up 12 on the week before.
As well as Oldham, Tameside is showing a downward trend and numbers also went slightly down week-on-week in Stockport, Bolton and Rochdale.
Wigan remains on the lowest infection rate, and although cases have gone up slightly week-on-week, the borough stayed below ten weekly cases per 100,000 population.
