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No, Wigan is not 'on the verge of Covid lockdown' like Leicester - there were just two new cases last week

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hereManchester’s infection rate is currently around 10 cases per 100,000.Wigan’s director of public health Professor Kate Ardern, who is also leading on Greater Manchester’s contact tracing system, said: “Following the government’s decision to introduce a local lockdown in Leicester, we have been made aware that the media is sharing a list of places that could be next, including Wigan.“The figures being quoted are weekly case increases, without any wider context.

So for example, in the last week we only recorded two new cases, compared to zero cases the week before."Our 7-day infection rate is 3.7 per 100,000 people compared to Leicester’s rate of 135 per 100,000."We also currently have the sixth lowest rate of cases in Greater Manchester.

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