For the latest news from in and around Wigan sign up to the MyWigan newsletter here With just days to go before the next easing of lockdown restrictions, one part of Wigan has seen a surge in Covid cases.
The Tyldesley North area now has the highest coronavirus infection rate of any community across Greater Manchester. While the Wigan borough had an overall infection rate of 103.1 per 100,000 people in the seven days up to March 21, the rate stood at 347.4 in Tyldesley North.
In the latest figures, there were 29 Covid cases in Tyldesley North in the seven days up to March 21. That was the same number as recorded the previous day, when there had been a week-on-week increase of 625%.