Oldham’s second coronavirus spike now officially bigger than it was during height of pandemic
Oldham’s second Covid-19 spike is bigger than it was during the height of the pandemic.For the week ending August 11 there have been 266 cases of coronavirus confirmed in the borough, according to government figures.This is an increase of 18 from the previous highest week’s total of 248 which was recorded in the week to April 12.The borough is currently on the verge of a local lockdown being introduced to try and halt the numbers of new cases of the virus.But the town’s MP Jim McMahon has confirmed that he would not back a borough-wide lockdown if the government decided more stringent lockdown measures were required.Cases of Covid-19 have been cropping up across many areas of the borough in recent weeks, but the biggest spikes have been