More than 3,000 people tested positive for coronavirus in a single day in Greater Manchester this week - the highest number since the pandemic began.
On Monday (November 2) there were 3,024 positive tests recorded in the region.
It’s the first time the number of tests has been more than 3,000 with the previous highest figure being 2,702 on October 20.
Infection rates across the region remain high but level week-on-week as a whole.
There were 15,842 cases across Greater Manchester in the week ending November 2 - which is 53 fewer than in the previous week.
Oldham has recorded the highest rate in the region to date, with 781.1 cases per 100,000 in the week ending November 2.
No other Greater Manchester borough has had more than 700 cases per 100,000 people in any single week since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Oldham's director of public health, Katrina Stephens, has said there is no 'single driver' behind a recent rise among the over-60s.
She said: "Based on what we know from the first wave and what we know from what’s happened in other countries, we know it is very likely that those increasing cases in the over-60s will translate into higher numbers in hospital."
Six boroughs - Wigan, Rochdale, Bolton, Manchester, Stockport and Trafford - are now showing a downward trend week-on-week.
