Coronavirus cases are still on the rise across Greater Manchester - with one borough, Trafford, recording a weekly increase of 92 per cent. Other areas also recorded increasingly high levels, including Stockport and Bury.
Despite the overall rate for Greater Manchester being below the national average, the infection rates are still seeing a rise in all ten boroughs. Trafford continues to have the highest coronavirus infection rate in Greater Manchester, with 614.1 cases per 100,000 people in the week ending March 13.
The lowest infection rate is in Rochdale, where the rate is 263.8 cases per 100,000 people. In Greater Manchester as a whole, the infection rate is now 405.2 cases per 100,000 population .The infection rate in the region is lower than the national average, which is 659.7 cases per 100,000 people.
