'Concerning, sudden and unpredicted' spike in coronavirus cases in Bolton - days before it's due to be released from local lockdown - sparks emergency meeting
manchestereveningnews.co.ukthe biggest numbers in one day since April.Data from August 27 showed the infection rate for Bolton was 34.8 cases per 100,000 of the population - an 82 per cent increase from the previous week.The day after, that figure rose to 44.2 cases for every 100,000 people, with 40 new infections confirmed by lab tests, according to the Public Health England data.The rate as of Saturday (August 29), stood at 42.4 - slightly down on Friday - following just one lab-confirmed case.When calls were made to bring the town out of Greater Manchester's lockdown, it was based on data from Monday (August 24), which showed a rate 17.4 new infections per 100,000 people - and detailed a consistently falling number of new cases.The borough has had 2,357 confirmed.
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