Latest coronavirus infection rates across Greater Manchester as cases continue to fall in all but one area
Coronavirus infection rates are continuing to fall in all but one area of Greater Manchester.The rate in Bolton is currently 281.7 cases per 100,000 people in the week up to February 9.There were 810 cases recorded in the town that week - a one percent increase on the previous week.Bolton still has the highest rate in Greater Manchester and is one of only 15 local areas in England showing a week-on-week increase.Rutland, in the east Midlands, currently has the highest infection rate in the country at 405.7 cases per 100,000 people.Cases there have climbed by 53 percent week-on-week.Here in Greater Manchester, the biggest decrease in cases was in Wigan, where rates dropped by a quarter week-on-week.Manchester too has seen a big drop in cases