The latest borough by borough Coronavirus infection rates as cases RISE in seven boroughs

Seven boroughs of Greater Manchester have seen a week-on-week rise in Covid-19 rates, new data shows.

The weekly rates have fallen in two areas, and rates have stayed level in one district.

Rates in Stockport, Bury, Trafford, Tameside, Wigan, Oldham, and Rochdale, have all risen.

Stockport now has the highest coronavirus infection rate in Greater Manchester, replacing Trafford.

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The borough recorded a rate of 265.5 cases per 100,000 people in the week ending March 3, according to the latest data from the UK Health Security Agency.

The lowest infection rate is in Rochdale, where the rate is 148.0 cases per 100,000 people.

In Greater Manchester as a whole, the infection rate is now 199.8 cases per 100,000. The infection rate in the region is lower than the national average, which is 330.1 cases per 100,000 people.

Infection rates as of March 7, 2022 (MEN)

A total of 5,667 people tested positive for coronavirus across Greater Manchester in the week which ended on March 3. The Greater Manchester weekly total has increased by 173 cases compared to the previous week, which means the infection rate was up three percent in the last week.

The infection rate is lower than the national average in all ten local authorities in Greater Manchester.

Hospital admissions

In the week ending on February 27, a total of 308 patients were admitted to Greater Manchester NHS hospitals with Covid-19. That is 10 fewer than the week before, a fall of three percent.

On Tuesday (March 1) there were 14 Mechanical Ventilation (MV) beds occupied by Covid patients in Greater Manchester NHS hospitals. That is 10 fewer than 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 March 3, a total of 23 people died within 28 days of a positive Covid test across Greater Manchester, which is four fewer than the week before.

Since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 905,606 confirmed coronavirus cases in Greater Manchester. There has been a total of 8,783 deaths.

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