Coronavirus rates continue to drop across Greater Manchester region

Coronavirus infection rates have continued to fall in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester, however one borough still has a rate above the UK average. Stockport continues to have the highest coronavirus infection rate in Greater Manchester.

The borough recorded a rate of 212.4 cases per 100,000 people in the week ending April 22. This is higher than the national average of 205.4 cases per 100,000 people.

The lowest infection rate is in Oldham, where the rate is 137.6 cases per 100,000 people. In Greater Manchester as a whole, the infection rate is now 169.2 cases per 100,000 population.

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A total of 4,798 people tested positive for coronavirus across Greater Manchester in the week which ended on April 22. The Greater Manchester weekly total has decreased by 1856 cases compared to the previous week, which means the infection rate was down 28 per cent in the last week.

Hospital admissions

In the week ending on April 17, a total of 692 patients were admitted to Greater Manchester NHS hospitals with Covid-19. That is 23 fewer than the week before, a fall of 3 per cent.

On Tuesday April 19, there were 19 Mechanical Ventilation (MV) beds occupied by Covid patients in Greater Manchester NHS hospitals. That is three more than a week earlier.

Deaths

In the week ending April 22, a total of 54 people died within 28 days of a positive Covid test across Greater Manchester, which is 15 fewer than the week before. Since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 985,266 confirmed coronavirus cases in Greater Manchester. There has been a total of 9,169 deaths.

Cases reported in each of the ten boroughs

Wigan

There were 640 positive