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Five districts of Greater Manchester are now on ‘red alert’ and the region has recorded its highest number of coronavirus cases in a day since April, the latest figures show.
Bolton, Oldham, Salford, Tameside and Manchester are now on the highest alert level, imposed by the government when the infection rate exceeds 50.
Rochdale is also on the verge of going ‘red’ with an infection rate of 49.5 in the week ending September 3.
(Image: Manchester Evening News)
The infection rate has increased in all counties except Rochdale and Trafford since the previous seven-day period.
The latest data also shows that 283 positive cases of Covid-19 were recorded in Greater Manchester on September 2.
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This is the highest number since April 29, when 328 cases were recorded during the height of the confinement.
Bolton, which was further blocked on Saturday (September 5), has the highest infection rate in the country: 115.8 per 100,000.
The rate doubles from week to week, the figures show.
(Image: Julian Hamilton / Daily Mirror)
In Oldham, where tighter restrictions have been in place for weeks, the rate stands at 59.5. This has increased slightly from 58.2.
The infection rate in Salford is increasing, from 51.4 in the previous seven days to 58.
The rate has also increased in Tameside, Manchester, Bury, Wigan and Stockport.
Manchester now has an infection rate of 50.1; it was recorded at 48.3 in the previous seven days.
Tameside has a rate of 50.3 which puts it in the ‘red alert’ zone.
– These charts are based on data published by Public Health England and can be accessed via this link.
– The government uses this data to determine whether to put a region on local lockdown. It would also be used to decide whether local restrictions should be lifted.
– The number of people being tested is increasing, which will increase the number of positive tests. However, there is no publicly available data on how many tests were performed in all areas, so it is not possible to compare them.
– The government uses the case rate per 100,000 to decide on local closings
In Bury, the infection rate has risen to 42.2; it was 38.2 the week before.
Wigan’s rate has increased from 17.6 to 21.9 and Stockport’s has increased from 13.6 to 18.7, but both districts remain in the green zone.
In Rochdale, the infection rate has stayed the same at 49.5, placing the municipality just below the ‘red alert’ zone.
The infection rate has dropped slightly in Trafford to 31.2.
This comes after nearly 3,000 people tested positive for Covid-19 across the UK in the past 24 hours, the highest number on record since May 22.
The Health Secretary described the increase as “worrisome” and warned that an increase in cases among the very young could soon affect the older population.
“The increase in the number of cases that we have seen today is concerning,” Hancock said.
“Cases are predominantly among young people, but we have seen in other countries around the world and in Europe this kind of increase in cases among young people leading to an increase in the general population, so it is very important that people do not ‘Don’t let this disease infect your grandparents and lead to the kind of problems we saw earlier this year. “
On Saturday, more stringent restrictions were introduced in Bolton, and residents were no longer allowed to mingle with anyone outside their home and were told to only use public transportation for ‘essential purposes’.
Those domestic measures are still in effect at Oldham.
In Manchester, Salford, Rochdale, Bury, Trafford and Tameside, lockdown rules mean residents cannot blend in with other households in homes or gardens, unless they are in a support bubble.
Wigan and Stockport have been released from local lockdown measures.
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