Rochdale appears to be 'over the worst' of third Covid wave - but concerns remain about 'dominant' new strain
direct to your inboxThe worst of the Covid pandemic’s ‘third wave’ appears to be over in Rochdale - but concerns remain over a ‘rapidly spreading’ new variant.The council’s Covid-19 engagement board was given a largely optimistic update on the borough’s current situation at its February meeting.Public health specialist Anthony Threlfall told the panel that Rochdale had hit its peak during the week to January 10, when it recorded more than 840 new cases.Although high this was not at the levels seen in the October and November peak - and rates were now falling again.“What we can deduce is that our third wave, which is to do with the December period, is not going to be as bad as the second wave,” he said.“We can be very, very confident that,