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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Thomas George

Coronavirus cases double in one Greater Manchester borough as infection rates rise across the region

The number of coronavirus cases in Trafford has doubled in a week as infection rates continue to rise across Greater Manchester.

All ten of the region's boroughs have seen an increases in cases, with the week on week figures up more than 65pc. Trafford continues to have the highest coronavirus infection rate, recording a rate of 578.3 cases per 100,000 people in the week ending March 12, according to the latest data from the UK Health Security Agency.

The lowest infection rate is in Rochdale, where the rate is 242.3 cases per 100,000 people. In Greater Manchester as a whole, the infection rate is now 376.4 cases per 100,000 population.

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