Coronavirus infection rates remain below national average in all ten Greater Manchester boroughs

Coronavirus infection rates across Greater Manchester's boroughs are still below the national average, figures have revealed.

The rates have been continuing to fall in all ten local authority areas.

Stockport continues to have the highest coronavirus infection rate in Greater Manchester with a rate of 458.5 cases per 100,000 people.

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The lowest infection rate is in Oldham, where the rate is 293.7 cases per 100,000 people.

In Greater Manchester as a whole, the infection rate is now 378.7 cases per 100,000 population.

The infection rate in the region is lower than the national average, which is 624.1 cases per 100,000 people.

A total of 10,740 people tested positive for coronavirus across Greater Manchester in the week which ended on February 10.

The Greater Manchester weekly total has decreased by 6159 cases compared to the previous week, which means the infection rate was down 36 per cent in the last week.

Hospital admissions

In the week ending on February 06, a total of 538 patients were admitted to Greater Manchester NHS hospitals with Covid-19. That is 57 fewer than the week before, a fall of 12 per cent.

On Tuesday February 08, there were 25 Mechanical Ventilation (MV) beds occupied by Covid patients in Greater Manchester NHS hospitals. That is five fewer than a week earlier.

Deaths

In the week ending February 10, a total of 53 people died within 28 days of a positive Covid test across Greater Manchester, which is 41 fewer than the week before.

Since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 887,079 confirmed coronavirus cases in Greater Manchester. There has been a total of 8,684 deaths.

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