today announced a new three tiered Covid Alert Level system in England, with areas designated as being at either medium, high, or very high risk.Despite fears to the contrary, Greater Manchester was designated high risk and placed in tier 2 meaning all mixing of households indoors will be prohibited but hospitality can remain open.Although he urged Labour MPs to "prevail on the authorities in Greater Manchester to come into Tier 3.""I would hope is that we can work together to bring down the rates in Greater Manchester which are at present certainly worrying" he said.But the latest data shows that in the city of Manchester, the number of cases has continued to fall - now down 20 percent week on week.There were 2,479 cases in the week ending.