Coronavirus cases in Greater Manchester see weekly increase of over 60 per cent according to latest data

Coronavirus infection rates have gone up in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester, with latest data revealing the week on week increase is over 60 per cent.

Trafford continues to have the highest coronavirus infection rate in Greater Manchester, with a rate of 530.8 cases per 100,000 in the week ending March 11. This is narrowly less than the national average of 579.6 cases per 100,000.

The lowest infection rate is in Rochdale, where the rate is 223.6 cases per 100,000 people.

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In Greater Manchester as a whole, the infection rate is now 350.7 cases per 100,000 population, which is still lower than the national average, which is 579.6 cases per 100,000 people.

A total of 9,946 people tested positive for coronavirus across Greater Manchester in the week which ended on March 11. The Greater Manchester weekly total has increased by 3898 cases compared to the previous week, which means the infection rate was up 64 per cent in the last week.

Hospital admissions

In the week ending on March 06, a total of 335 patients were admitted to Greater Manchester NHS hospitals with Covid-19. That is 27 more than the week before, a rise of 9 per cent.

On Tuesday March 08, there were 11 Mechanical Ventilation (MV) beds occupied by Covid patients in Greater Manchester NHS hospitals. That is three fewer than a week earlier.

Deaths

In the week ending March 11, a total of 16 people died within 28 days of a positive Covid test across Greater Manchester, which is 11 fewer than the week before.

Since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 916,543 confirmed coronavirus cases in Greater Manchester. There