Coronavirus infection rates have fallen in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester, latest figures have revealed.
Stockport continues to have the highest coronavirus infection rate in Greater Manchester, with a rate of 234.5 cases per 100,000 people as of week ending February 26.
The lowest infection rate is in Oldham, where the rate is 134.7 cases per 100,000 people.
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In Greater Manchester as a whole, the infection rate is now 179.4 cases per 100,000 population. The infection rate in the region is lower than the national average, which is 306.5 cases per 100,000 people.
A total of 5,086 people tested positive for coronavirus across Greater Manchester in the week which ended on February 26. The Greater Manchester weekly total has decreased by 1,801 cases compared to the previous week, which means the infection rate was down 26 per cent in the last week.
Hospital admissions
In the week ending on February 20, a total of 318 patients were admitted to Greater Manchester NHS hospitals with Covid-19. That is 107 fewer than the week before, a fall of 51%.
On Tuesday February 22, there were 26 Mechanical Ventilation (MV) beds occupied by Covid patients in Greater Manchester NHS hospitals. That is one fewer than a week earlier.
This is the most recent available data for hospital admissions, the figures for NHS trusts are not updated daily.
Deaths
In the week ending February 26, a total of 22 people died within 28 days of a positive Covid test across Greater Manchester, which is 22 fewer than the week before.
Since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 900,976 confirmed coronavirus cases in Greater Manchester. There has been a total of 8,770 deaths.
Cases reported in each of the ten boroughs
Bolton
There was a fall of 22 per cent in cases in Bolton over the week ending February 26, and the infection rate is now 151.6 cases per 100,000 population.
Bolton recorded 437 positive Covid-19 tests over the seven-day period, and that is 126 fewer than the previous week.
Wigan
In Wigan, the number of cases is down by 39 per cent compared to the previous week - leaving the infection rate at 143.6 cases per 100,000 population.
There were 475 positive Covid-19 tests in Wigan in the week ending February 26, which was 301 fewer than the previous 7 days.
Rochdale
Rochdale is an area where the trend is down. The latest infection rate here is 139.9 cases per 100,000 people.
There were 313 cases recorded in Rochdale, which is 160 fewer than the previous week - a fall of 34 per cent.
Tameside
Tameside saw a total of 383 cases in the week ending February 26, which is 178 fewer than the previous week. That is a fall of 32 per cent.
In Tameside, the most recent coronavirus infection rate is now 168.6 cases per 100,000 people.
Manchester
The trend is down in Manchester, where there were 1027 positive Covid-19 tests in the week ending February 26, which is 421 fewer than the previous 7 days. That is down by 29 per cent compared to the previous week.
The latest infection rate in Manchester is 184.8 cases per 100,000 people, which is lower than the national average.
Oldham
Oldham, which has the lowest infection rate in the region, recorded 320 positive Covid-19 tests in the week ending February 26, which is 122 fewer than the previous 7 days.
The coronavirus infection rate in Oldham is now 134.7 cases per 100,000 people and is down by 28 per cent week-on-week.
Bury
Bury recorded 376 coronavirus cases, which is 49 fewer than in the previous seven days.
The latest infection rate in Bury is 197.2 cases per 100,000 people and that is down 12 per cent week-on-week.
Salford
In Salford, the latest infection rate is 202.1 cases per 100,000 people and the number of cases has gone down by 24 per cent.
A total of 531 people tested positive for Covid in Salford over the seven days ending on February 26, which is 166 fewer than the week before.
Stockport
In Stockport, there were 690 positive Covid-19 tests in the week ending February 26, which is 159 fewer than the previous 7 days.
Stockport has the highest infection rate in the region. The infection rate in Stockport is down slightly compared with the previous day and the week-on-week trend is down by 19 per cent.
Trafford
There were 534 positive tests over the last week in Trafford, which is 119 fewer than in the previous week.
The week-on-week trend in Trafford is down by 18 per cent and the latest infection rate is 224.8 cases per 100,000 people.
