Coronavirus infection rates continue to rise in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester

Coronavirus infection rates have gone up in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester and are continuing to rise, with hospitalisations also seeing an increase, new figures have revealed. Of the ten local authority areas, Trafford continues to have the highest coronavirus infection rate in Greater Manchester, with a rate of 854.5 cases per 100,000 people in the week ending March 25.

The lowest infection rate is in Oldham, where the rate is 442.3 cases per 100,000 people. In Greater Manchester as a whole, the infection rate is now 624.0 cases per 100,000 population.

However, the infection rate in the region is still lower than the national average, which is 877.9 cases per 100,000 people. A total of 17,695 people tested positive for coronavirus across Greater Manchester in the week which ended on March 25.

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The Greater Manchester weekly total has increased by 2832 cases compared to the previous week, which means the infection rate was up 19 per cent 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 March 20, a total of 567 patients were admitted to Greater Manchester NHS hospitals with Covid-19. That is 156 more than the week before, a rise of 38 per cent.

On Tuesday March 22, there were 14 Mechanical Ventilation (MV) beds occupied by Covid patients in Greater Manchester NHS hospitals. That is four more than a week earlier.

Deaths

In the week ending March 25, a total of 26 people died within 28 days of a positive Covid test across Greater Manchester, which is 5 more than the week before.

Since the start of the pandemic, there have been