Coronavirus infection rates have now dropped below the national average in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester. .
Tameside continues to have the highest coronavirus infection rate in Greater Manchester.
The borough recorded a rate of 997.3 cases per 100,000 people in the week ending January 22 according to latest data.
The lowest infection rate is in Oldham, where the rate is 750.8 cases per 100,000 people.
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In Greater Manchester as a whole, the infection rate is now 825.6 cases per 100,000 population.
The infection rate in the region is lower than the national average, which is 998.6 cases per 100,000 people.
A total of 23,410 people tested positive for coronavirus across Greater Manchester in the week which ended on January 22.
The Greater Manchester weekly total has decreased by 3937 cases compared to the previous week, which means the infection rate was down 14 per cent in the last week.
Hospital admissions
In the week ending on January 16, a total of 967 patients were admitted to Greater Manchester NHS hospitals with Covid-19. That is 166 fewer than the week before, a fall of 21%.
On Tuesday January 18, there were 38 Mechanical Ventilation (MV) beds occupied by Covid patients in Greater Manchester NHS hospitals. That is 166 fewer than a week earlier.
Deaths
In the week ending January 22, a total of 89 people died within 28 days of a positive Covid test across Greater Manchester, which is 47 fewer than the week before.
Since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 789,604 confirmed coronavirus cases in Greater Manchester. There has been a total of 8,396 deaths.
Cases reported in each of the ten boroughs
Tameside
In Tameside, there were 2265 positive Covid-19 tests in the week ending January 22, which is 227 fewer than the previous 7 days.
Tameside has the highest infection rate in the region. The infection rate in Tameside is down slightly compared with the previous day and the week-on-week trend is down by nine per cent.
Rochdale
Rochdale recorded 1862 coronavirus cases, which is 441 fewer than in the previous seven days.
The latest infection rate in Rochdale is 832.5 cases per 100,000 people and that is down 19 per cent week-on-week.
Trafford
There were 2075 positive tests over the last week in Trafford, which is 71 fewer than in the previous week.
The week-on-week trend in Trafford is down by three per cent and the latest infection rate is 873.4 cases per 100,000 people.
Salford
In Salford, the number of cases is down by 20 per cent compared to the previous week - leaving the infection rate at 786.1 cases per 100,000 population.
There were 2065 positive Covid-19 tests in Salford in the week ending January 22, which was 526 fewer than the previous 7 days.
Oldham
Oldham, which has the lowest infection rate in the region, recorded 1784 positive Covid-19 tests in the week ending January 22, which is 383 fewer than the previous 7 days.
The coronavirus infection rate in Oldham is now 750.8 cases per 100,000 people and is down by 18 per cent week-on-week.
Stockport
Stockport is an area where the trend is down. The latest infection rate here is 782.1 cases per 100,000 people.
There were 2301 cases recorded in Stockport, which is 240 fewer than the previous week - a fall of nine per cent.
Bury
In Bury, the latest infection rate is 866.2 cases per 100,000 people and the number of cases has gone down by ten per cent.
A total of 1652 people tested positive for Covid in Bury over the seven days ending on January 22, which is 174 fewer than the week before.
Wigan
Wigan saw a total of 2638 cases in the week ending January 22, which is 370 fewer than the previous week. That is a fall of 12 per cent.
In Wigan, the most recent coronavirus infection rate is now 797.7 cases per 100,000 people.
Bolton
The trend is down in Bolton, where there were 2382 positive Covid-19 tests in the week ending January 22, which is 597 fewer than the previous 7 days. That is down by 20 per cent compared to the previous week.
The latest infection rate in Bolton is 826.4 cases per 100,000 people, which is lower than the national average.
Manchester
There was a fall of 17 per cent in cases in Manchester over the week ending January 22, and the infection rate is now 789.2 cases per 100,000 population.
Manchester recorded 4386 positive Covid-19 tests over the seven-day period, and that is 908 fewer than the previous week.
