outbreak of 127 cases at Manchester Metropolitan University's Birley Campus and Cambridge Halls of Residence. A string of student blocks have been locked down as of Friday night, as 1,700 students living there were told to self isolate 'with immediate effect'.The infection rate in Manchester was the third highest in Greater Manchester, at 190.1 in the week ending September 23.In the last seven days, the borough has recorded 1,051 new cases of coronavirus, an increase of 440 week-on-week.Meanwhile, Bolton no longer has the highest infection rate in the country.The Greater Manchester borough has been overtaken by Burnley, Liverpool, and Knowsley in the last 24 hours.Burnley is now the coronavirus hotspot in England with an infection rate of.