direct to your inboxGreater Manchester's coronavirus infection rate is continuing to climb as the region begins 2021 in Tier 4.
As we entered our second day under the country's tightest coronavirus restrictions, concern is growing nationally about the highly transmissible new strain of the virus.
In the week ending December 28, Covid-19 infection rates were rising in every borough of Greater Manchester, except for in Salford, according to the latest Public Health England figures.The average infection rate across Greater Manchester now stands at 216.3 per 100,000 people.
That is an increase of 16 per cent week-on-week.Although cases are higher than they have been in five weeks, the region's infection rate is still considerably lower than.