Bosses in Oldham say they can ‘offer lessons learned’ to Bolton on how to bring down a coronavirus spike after they narrowly avoided a full local lockdown.In the middle of August the borough was balanced on a knife edge with the threat of an economic shutdown looming.However nearly a month later and the number of new infections in Oldham has dropped significantly – although it remains in the ‘red zone’.In the week leading to September 9 the rate of infection per 100,000 people was 58.2 – down from 108 in the seven days to August 11.It had been feared businesses and hospitality venues would need to be closed to prevent the spread of the virus.However across the region in Bolton, residents have not been so lucky.After its infection rate.