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The latest local data shows that incidences of coronavirus have risen in 19 neighbourhoods in the borough. However there are still nine areas of the borough that have recorded fewer than three cases of Covid-19, meaning that the virus could have been completely suppressed.
These include three areas of Denton, and two Dukinfield neighbourhoods. In the week to May 29, according to the government heat map for cases, the three main hotspots were Ashton Central with 13, Hyde South with 12 and Newtonmoor with ten.