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Coronavirus restrictions will again be tightened in Stockport and Wigan and introduced in Blackpool for the first time amid a surge in cases.
People will be prohibited from mingling with other households in their private homes or gardens after midnight.
Wigan’s weekly infection rate rose to 107 cases per 100,000 on September 20. Stockport had 71 cases per 100,000 in the same week and Blackpool 70.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the measures would remain under review.
Similar rules already exist in Greater Manchester and the rest of Lancashire.
There are also exemptions for work reasons or to provide care for a vulnerable person.
Conservative Hazel Grove MP William Wragg said he had argued that the national measures should have been allowed to “settle first” and hoped this would be “reviewed frequently” and lifted as soon as possible.
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