hereThe other boroughs also saw a rise in their infection rates: Salford, 337.3; Oldham, 327.3; Bury 307.9; Wigan, 292.7, Tameside, 258.7; Stockport, 245.5.Some 71,717 positive cases were registered in England, an infection rate of 127.4.Although the number of cases is rising steeply across much of the country, there is now much more testing than at the height of the first wave of the pandemic in April and May.
Then, only people in hospitals were being tested.The number of Covid-19 related daily deaths is also starting to rise againThe Government said a further 77 people had died in the UK within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Thursday.