Coronavirus infection rates have gone up in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester, the latest data shows. Manchester continues to have the highest rate in the region with 464 cases per 100,000 people.
That is almost three times the national average which is 159. In Greater Manchester as a whole, the infection rate is now 367 cases per 100,000 population and the rate is higher than the national average in all ten local authorities.
The number of cases has also gone above 2,000 in a single day for the first time since January. Deaths linked to covid continue to remain low with only 14 recorded in the UK on Wednesday, a drop of more than 23 per cent on last week.