Tameside continues to have the highest coronavirus infection rate in Greater Manchester. The borough recorded a rate of 120.1 cases per 100,000 people in the week ending March 17, according to the latest data from Public Health England.
Meanwhile Trafford still has the lowest infection rate with 42.1 cases per 100,000 people in the same period. Across Greater Manchester there were 43 Covid-19 deaths recorded in the week ending March 17.
That’s 19 fewer than in the previous seven days. The region’s current infection rate is now 95.3 cases per 100,000 population - the national average being 56.7.
A total of 2,703 people tested positive for coronavirus across the region in the week ending March 17 - down 1 percent on the previous week.