Coronavirus rates continue to fall as some Greater Manchester boroughs see infections drop by more than 40 per cent

Coronavirus infection rates have continued to fall in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester.

And latest figures have revealed that in four boroughs, rates have dropped by 40 per cent or more week on week.

They are Oldham, Bury, Bolton and Tameside.

Trafford now has the highest coronavirus infection rate in Greater Manchester, replacing Stockport.

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The borough recorded a rate of 384.3 cases per 100,000 people in the week ending February 13.

The lowest infection rate is in Oldham, where the rate is 251.7 cases per 100,000 people.

In Greater Manchester as a whole, the infection rate is now 321.8 cases per 100,000 population.

The infection rate in the region is lower than the national average, which is 538.4 cases per 100,000 people.

A total of 9,125 people tested positive for coronavirus across Greater Manchester in the week which ended on February 13.

The Greater Manchester weekly total has decreased by 5090 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 13, a total of 425 patients were admitted to Greater Manchester NHS hospitals with Covid-19. That is 113 fewer than the week before, a fall of 36 per cent.

On Tuesday February 15, there were 27 Mechanical Ventilation (MV) beds occupied by Covid patients in Greater Manchester NHS hospitals. That is two more than a week earlier.

Deaths

In the week ending February 13, a total of 39 people died within 28 days of a positive Covid test across Greater Manchester, which is 40 fewer than the week before.

Since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 889,879 confirmed coronavirus cases