The latest Greater Manchester coronavirus infection rates as cases continue to plummet

Coronavirus infection rates continue to plummet across Greater Manchester, with all areas experiencing week-on-week decreases of at least 30 per cent. In all but one of our region's ten boroughs, infection rates are below the national average for England.

Wigan is the only area above the national average, and has the highest infection rates within Greater Manchester. The town's infection rate currently stands at 121.9 cases per 100,000 people.

The lowest infection rates are in Manchester, where the current infection rate is 81.7 cases per 100,000 people. In the week to May 1, a total of 2,809 people tested positive for the virus, a 37 per cent decrease on the previous seven days.

A total of 373 patients were admitted to Greater Manchester NHS hospitals with Covid-19 in the week ending on May 1. That is 49 fewer than the week before, a fall of 15 percent. On Tuesday, May 3, there were 17 Mechanical Ventilation (MV) beds occupied by Covid patients in Greater Manchester NHS hospitals. That is the same as 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 May 1, a total of 43 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 989,058 confirmed coronavirus cases in Greater Manchester. There has been a total of 9,237 deaths.

In Oldham 209 people tested positive in the week ending April 30, 114 fewer than the past week. There was a weekly fall of 35 per cent.

A total of 269 people tested positive across Trafford , 144 fewer cases than the previous seven days. Compared with the week earlier cases fell by