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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Thomas George

Latest coronavirus infection rates as cases rise in one area of Greater Manchester

The coronavirus infection rate has gone up in one area of Greater Manchester. The weekly rates have fallen in the other nine boroughs, the latest figures show.

Stockport continues to have the highest coronavirus infection rate in the region. The borough recorded a rate of 97.2 cases per 100,000 people in the week ending May 13, according to the UK Health Security Agency.

The lowest infection rate is in Oldham, where the rate is 51.3 cases per 100,000 people. In Greater Manchester as a whole, the infection rate is now 77.7 cases per 100,000 population.

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