The biggest Covid-19 hotspot in the region has emerged in Wigan after cases more than doubled in one neighbourhood. The ten areas where the highest infection rates are being recorded are in Wigan, Stockport, Bolton, Tameside and Rochdale.

Conversely neighbourhoods in Manchester, Salford, Oldham and Bolton have seen the lowest rates in Greater Manchester. READ MORE: Greater Manchester's latest infection rates borough-by-borough as cases rise in SEVEN areas There were eight areas in the conurbation where cases were in single figures for the week to November 11.

Coronavirus ‘hotspots’ and ‘notspots’ can be revealed via an interactive map charting the number of positive Covid-19 test results in each neighbourhood across the country using

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