Latest coronavirus infection rates as cases continue to drop across all boroughs

Coronavirus infection rates are continuing to fall across Greater Manchester.

All 10 boroughs are now recording a Covid infection rate below 1,000 per 100,000 and deaths and hospitalisations continue to fall.

In Greater Manchester as a whole, the infection rate is now 667.0 cases per 100,000 population. The infection rate in the region is lower than the national average, which is 973.4 cases per 100,000 people.

In the week ending on January 30, a total of 595 patients were admitted to Greater Manchester hospitals with Covid-19, 81 fewer than the week before, a fall of 16 per cent.

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On February 01, there were 30 Mechanical Ventilation (MV) beds occupied by Covid patients, one fewer than a week earlier.

A total of 96 people diedwithin 28 days of a positive Covid test in the week ending February 1.

This was four less than the previous week.

Stockport continues to have the highest coronavirus infection rate of all 10 boroughs in Greater Manchester.

The borough recorded a rate of 805.2 new positive cases per 100,000 people in the week ending February 1, according to the latest data from the UK Health Security Agency.

The infection rate in Stockport is down slightly compared with the previous day and the week-on-week trend is down by 12 per cent.

There were 1,646 positive tests over the last week in Tameside, which is 700 fewer than in the previous week.

This is a fall of 30 per cent and the latest infection rate is 724.7 cases per 100,000 people.

In Trafford, the latest infection rate is 686.9 cases per 100,000 people and the number of cases has gone down by 24 per cent.

Bolton recorded 1,959 coronavirus cases, 503 fewer than in the previous