Get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox so you never miss a thing Coronavirus cases are rising in nine of the 10 boroughs in Greater Manchester.
Only Salford - where rates are level - hasn't seen a jump in infections in the last week. Across the region a total of 8,908 people tested positive in the week ending August 8, the latest data from Public Health England shows.
That's seven per cent up on the week before. READ MORE: 'Full capacity protocol' activated at Greater Manchester hospital amid increased pressures It means Greater Manchester now has an average infection rate of 314.1 cases per 100,000 population.