Coronavirus infection rates are now falling in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester. It follows on from the trend across the UK, which is also seeing cases fall - however cases across the region still remain lower than the national average.
Stockport continues to have the highest coronavirus infection rate in Greater Manchester, with a rate of 682.9 cases per 100,000 people as of week ending April 1. The lowest infection rate is in Oldham, where the rate is 406.9 cases per 100,000 people.
However, figures show that Trafford has seen the biggest week-on-week drop, at 22 per cent, followed by Manchester at 16 per cent, and then Salford, where the rates have fallen by 15 per cent in the past week. In Greater Manchester as a whole, the infection rate is now 541.2 cases per 100,000 population - this remains lower than the national average, which is 712.2 cases per 100,000 people.
