Rates of Covid-19 have gone up in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester for the second day in a row
manchestereveningnews.co.ukRates of Covid-19 have gone up in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester for the second day in a row. Stockport continues to have the highest coronavirus infection rate in the region, with the borough recording a rate of 309.0 cases per 100,000 people in the week ending March 5, according to the latest data from the UK Health Security Agency.
The lowest infection rate is in Rochdale, where the rate is 154.7 cases per 100,000 people. READ MORE: Horror as monkey snatches seagull from the sky - and savagely smashes it to death However, like Tuesday, none of the boroughs in our area are above the England average of 369.3 cases per 100,000 people.
In Greater Manchester as a whole, the infection rate is now 223.9 cases per 100,000 population. A total of 6,348 people tested positive for coronavirus across Greater Manchester in the week which ended on March 5.
The Greater Manchester weekly total has increased by 1,252 cases compared to the previous week, which means the infection rate was up 25 percent in the last week.
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