The latest coronavirus infection rates across Greater Manchester as cases soar

Coronavirus infection rates have gone up in seven boroughs of Greater Manchester. The weekly rates have fallen in three areas.

Trafford continues to have the highest coronavirus infection rate in Greater Manchester. The borough recorded a rate of 808.2 cases per 100,000 people in the week ending March 28, according to the latest data from the UK Health Security Agency.

The lowest infection rate is in Oldham. The rates in the borough stand at 429.2 cases per 100,000 people.

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In Greater Manchester as a whole, the infection rate is now 609.8 cases per 100,000 population. The infection rate in the region is lower than the national average, which is 840.5 cases per 100,000 people.

A total of 17,292 people tested positive for coronavirus across Greater Manchester in the week which ended on March 28. The Greater Manchester weekly total has increased by 716 cases compared to the previous week, which means the infection rate was up four per cent in the last week.

The infection rate is lower than the national average in all ten local authorities in Greater Manchester.

In the week ending on March 27, a total of 726 patients were admitted to Greater Manchester NHS hospitals with Covid-19. That is 159 more than the week before, a rise of 28 per cent.

On Tuesday March 29, there were 15 Mechanical Ventilation (MV) beds occupied by Covid patients in Greater Manchester NHS hospitals. That is one more than a week earlier.

This is the most recent available data for hospital admissions, the figures for NHS trusts are not updated daily.

In the week ending March 28, a total of 33 people died within 28 days of a positive