Manchester Evening News , as coronavirus cases continue to rise locally and seven more hospital deaths were reported on Friday: "The wheels are falling off the national testing programme and the government seems to be unwilling and unable to respond in any other way except enforcement and lockdown. "Greater Manchester is the canary down the mine."A further 3,539 laboratory-confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK have been recorded - the highest number of new cases since May 17.Coronavirus infection rates have nearly doubled in Bolton - and rocketed in other parts of Greater Manchester in a week, the latest figures show.Bolton has the highest infection rate anywhere in the UK, with 179.9 cases per 100,000 people in the local population for.