direct to your inboxThese maps show how Covid-19 cases are rapidly increasing across Greater Manchester.The striking images show a big increase in less than a week.And the latest data shows just one neighbourhood in the whole conurbation with an infection rate below 100 per 100,000 people.The first map shows rates for the week ending on Boxing Day, December 26.While the second map shows rates in the week ending January 2.They show that during that period, the area with an infection rate below 100 was Central Bolton - which had just eight cases in the seven days to January 2.
The data published by the government is for areas known as Middle Super Output Areas (MSOA), which are statistical units that have a population of between 5,000 and.