Coronavirus cases down over 25 per cent across Greater Manchester as rates continue to drop

Coronavirus infection rates have fallen by over 25 per cent across Greater Manchester, new figures have revealed.

Rates are continuing to drop across all ten boroughs, which also all have rates lower than the national average.

Stockport continues to have the highest coronavirus infection rate in Greater Manchester, with 771.6 cases per 100,000 people in the week ending February 2.

The lowest infection rate is in Oldham, where the rate is 516.4 cases per 100,000 people.

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In Greater Manchester as a whole, the infection rate is now 629.3 cases per 100,000 population.

The infection rate in the region is lower than the national average, which is 938.6 cases per 100,000 people.

A total of 17,846 people tested positive for coronavirus across Greater Manchester in the week which ended on February 2.

The Greater Manchester weekly total has decreased by 6210 cases compared to the previous week, which means the infection rate was down 26 per cent in the last week.

Hospital admissions

In the week ending on January 30, a total of 595 patients were admitted to Greater Manchester NHS hospitals with Covid-19. That is 81 fewer than the week before, a fall of 16 per cent.

On Tuesday February 01, there were 30 Mechanical Ventilation (MV) beds occupied by Covid patients in Greater Manchester NHS hospitals. That is one fewer than a week earlier.

Deaths

In the week ending February 2, a total of 91 people died within 28 days of a positive Covid test across Greater Manchester, which is 9 fewer than the week before.

Since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 874,307 confirmed coronavirus cases in Greater Manchester. There has been a total of 8,619