Two Greater Manchester boroughs have Coronavirus infection rates higher than the national average, new figures have revealed.
Coronavirus infection rates have also gone up in eight boroughs of Greater Manchester.
Trafford continues to have the highest coronavirus infection rate, with a rate of 634.7 cases per 100,000 people in the week ending December 9.
The lowest infection rate is in Bolton, where the rate is 340.3 cases per 100,000 people according to the UK Health Security Agency.
In Greater Manchester as a whole, the infection rate is now 445.5 cases per 100,000 population.
The infection rate in the region is lower than the national average, which is 516.4 cases per 100,000 people.
A total of 12,632 people tested positive for coronavirus across Greater Manchester in the week which ended on December 9. The Greater Manchester weekly total has increased by 1603 cases compared to the previous week, which means the infection rate was up 15 per cent in the last week..
The infection rate is higher than the national average in two areas of Greater Manchester. It is lower than the national average in the other eight areas.
Hospital admissions
In the week ending on December 05, a total of 204 patients were admitted to Greater Manchester NHS hospitals with Covid-19. That is 14 more than the week before, a rise of 7 per cent.
On Tuesday December 07, there were 35 Mechanical Ventilation (MV) beds occupied by Covid patients in Greater Manchester NHS hospitals. That is the same as a week earlier.
This is the most recent available data for hospital admissions, the figures for NHS trusts are not updated daily.
Deaths
In the week ending December 9, a total of 44 people died within 28 days of a positive Covid test across Greater Manchester, which is 8 more than the week before.
Cases reported in each of the ten boroughs
Trafford
In Trafford, there were 1508 positive Covid-19 tests in the week ending December 9, which is 412 more than the previous 7 days.
Trafford has the highest infection rate in the region. The infection rate in Trafford is up slightly compared with the previous day and the week-on-week trend is up by 38 per cent.
Oldham
Oldham is an area where the trend is up. The latest infection rate here is 360.2 cases per 100,000 people.
There were 856 cases recorded in Oldham, which is 95 more than the previous week - a rise of 12 per cent.
Tameside
In Tameside, the number of cases is down by six per cent compared to the previous week - leaving the infection rate at 396.7 cases per 100,000 population.
There were 901 positive Covid-19 tests in Tameside in the week ending December 9, which was 57 fewer than the previous 7 days.
Manchester
There was a rise of 27 per cent in cases in Manchester over the week ending December 9, and the infection rate is now 414.9 cases per 100,000 population.
Manchester recorded 2306 positive Covid-19 tests over the seven-day period, and that is 484 more than the previous week.
Wigan
Wigan saw a total of 1382 cases in the week ending December 9, which is 56 fewer than the previous week. That is a fall of four per cent.
In Wigan, the most recent coronavirus infection rate is now 417.9 cases per 100,000 people.
Bury
There were 1011 positive tests over the last week in Bury, which is 214 more than in the previous week.
The week-on-week trend in Bury is up by 27 per cent and the latest infection rate is 530.1 cases per 100,000 people.
Bolton
Bolton, which has the lowest infection rate in the region, recorded 981 positive Covid-19 tests in the week ending December 9, which is 74 more than the previous 7 days.
The coronavirus infection rate in Bolton is now 340.3 cases per 100,000 people and is up by eight per cent week-on-week.
Salford
Salford recorded 1241 coronavirus cases, which is 161 more than in the previous seven days.
The latest infection rate in Salford is 472.4 cases per 100,000 people and that is up 15 per cent week-on-week.
Rochdale
The trend is up in Rochdale, where there were 1036 positive Covid-19 tests in the week ending December 9, which is 108 more than the previous 7 days. That is up by 12 per cent compared to the previous week.
The latest infection rate in Rochdale is 463.2 cases per 100,000 people, which is lower than the national average.
Stockport
In Stockport, the latest infection rate is 479.3 cases per 100,000 people and the number of cases has gone up by 14 per cent.
A total of 1410 people tested positive for Covid in Stockport over the seven days ending on December 9, which is 168 more than the week before.
