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The Royal Bolton Hospital issued a plea to residents in the borough last week and opened a second coronavirus ward as the number of patients suffering from the virus began to quickly rise.
The M.E.N. understands there are now 42 people being treated for Covid-19 at the Farnworth hospital, which is not a significant increase on last week's figures.
Infection rates in Bolton are beginning to fall for the first time since cases in the borough spiked in April. The latest data from Public Health