Coronavirus infection rates have continued to fall further in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester, according to the latest figures.
Stockport now has the highest infection rate across the city-region area with 870.8 cases per 100,000 people in the week ending January 30.
The lowest infection rate is in Oldham, with a figure of 680.9 cases per 100,000 people.
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Across Greater Manchester, the infection rate is now 752.2 cases per 100,000 population.
This is lower than the national average which currently sits at 1045.6 cases per 100,000 people.
In fact, the infection rate is lower than the national average in all ten of Greater Manchester's local authorities.
In the week ending January 30, a total of 21,329 people tested positive for coronavirus across Greater Manchester - down 21 pc and 5,590 cases on the previous week.
Hospital admissions
595 patients were admitted to Greater Manchester NHS hospitals with Covid-19 in the week ending January 30.
That is 81 fewer than the week before - a fall of 16 pc.
On Tuesday, February 1, there were 30 Mechanical Ventilation (MV) beds occupied by Covid patients in Greater Manchester NHS hospitals - one fewer than a week earlier.
Deaths
In the week ending January 30, a total of 94 people died within 28 days of a positive Covid test across Greater Manchester.
This figure is 14 fewer than the week before.
Since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 866,338 confirmed coronavirus cases in Greater Manchester.
There have been a total of 8,597 deaths in the city-region.
Here's how the figures look across each of Greater Manchester's boroughs.
Trafford
In the week ending January 30, Trafford recorded 1,809 coronavirus cases.
This is down 536 fewer than in the previous seven days.
The latest infection rate in Trafford is 761.4 cases per 100,000 people - down 23 pc week-on-week.
Oldham
Oldham has the lowest infection rate in the region, recording 1,618 positive Covid-19 tests in the week ending January 30.
This figure is 464 fewer tests than in the previous seven days.
The coronavirus infection rate in Oldham is now at 680.9 cases per 100,000 people and is down by 22 pc week-on-week.
Bury
In Bury, the latest infection rate is 771.9 cases per 100,000 people and the number of cases has gone down by 21 pc.
A total of 1,472 people tested positive for Covid in Bury over the seven days ending on January 30, which is 398 fewer than the week before.
Salford
There was a fall of 21 pc in cases across Salford in the week ending January 30.
Salford’s infection rate is now at 709.9 cases per 100,000 population.
There were 1,865 positive Covid-19 tests in Salford over the seven-day period, which is 490 fewer than the previous week.
Stockport
In Stockport, there were 2,562 positive Covid-19 tests in the week ending January 30, which is 97 fewer than the previous seven days.
As mentioned, Stockport currently has the highest infection rate in Greater Manchester.
However, the infection rate in Stockport is down slightly compared with the previous day and the week-on-week trend is down by four pc.
Bolton
The trend in Bolton is down by 21 pc.
Bolton saw a total of 2,147 cases in the week ending January 30, which is 579 fewer than the previous week.
In Bolton, the most recent coronavirus infection rate is now 744.8 cases per 100,000 people.
Tameside
There were 1,933 positive tests over the last week in Tameside, which is 642 fewer than in the previous week.
The week-on-week trend in Tameside is down by 25 pc and the latest infection rate is at 851.1 cases per 100,000 people.
Rochdale
The latest infection rate in Rochdale is at 687.7 cases per 100,000 people.
There were 1,538 cases recorded in Rochdale, which is 614 fewer than the previous week and a fall of 29 pc.
Wigan
The trend is also down in Wigan, where there were 2,518 positive Covid-19 tests in the week ending January 30 - 579 fewer than the previous seven days.
That is down by 19 per cent compared to the previous week.
The latest infection rate in Wigan is 761.4 cases per 100,000 people, which is lower than the national average.
Manchester
In Manchester, the number of cases is down by 24 pc compared to the previous week - leaving the infection rate at 695.8 cases per 100,000 population.
There were 3,867 positive Covid-19 tests in Manchester in the week ending January 30, which was 1191 fewer than the previous 7 days.
