For all the latest news from in and around Bolton, sign up for the free MyBolton newsletter The number of people in hospital with Covid-19 in Bolton has continued to fall alongside the town's infection rates.
The latest figures show a rate of 371.8 positive tests per 100,000 people in the borough, a slight drop compared to a rate of 388.1 at the same time last week.
Bolton has the highest rate of transmission in Greater Manchester and is still considerably higher than second-placed Manchester, where the rate is 125.3 cases per 100,000 people.
However, the borough no longer has the highest rates in the country, after dropping below Blackburn in yesterday's figures. Cases of coronavrius in Bolton have been spiking since late April because of