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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Damon Wilkinson

These are the latest coronavirus infection rates for all ten Greater Manchester boroughs

Coronavirus cases across Greater Manchester have fallen by almost a fifth, the latest figures show.

In the seven days to November 13 the region-wide infection rate was 427.6 cases per 100,000 people.

That's down by 19% on the previous week.

Over the same period the infection rate across England rose by 10%.

But while numbers are falling, the rates in all 10 boroughs remain higher than the nationwide average of 273.8.

Wigan saw the biggest fall in Greater Manchester, with its infection rate dropping 37% to 441.5.

Oldham remains the worst affected borough in the region, but its infection rate fell by a just over a quarter to 568.5.

It had been as high as 781.2 on November 2, when the borough was the worst-affected area in the country.

Rochdale is the only other borough in Greater Manchester with an infection rate above 500.

But it also experienced a 15% week-on-week drop in cases.

In Bury the infection rate fell by almost a fifth to 473.8, while Salford and Bolton saw similar falls to 453.2 and 444.1 respectively.

Manchester, Trafford and Stockport have the lowest infections rates in the regions but also saw the smallest reduction in cases.

Stockport's rate fell by 11% to 334.3, Trafford's by 13% to 343.3 and Manchester saw a 15% drop in cases, with an infection rate of 378.2.

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