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The coronavirus infection rate has decreased in Greater Manchester, but is increasing in London.
The latest figures from Public Health England reveal that there were 154.9 positive tests per 100,000 people in Greater Manchester during the week ending December 11, a four percent drop compared to the previous week.
During the same period, the infection rate in London soared 61 percent to 296.8, double that in Greater Manchester.
Government scientists are trying to establish whether the increase in cases in London is related to a new variant of the coronavirus.
The infection rate in England as a whole has also increased, by 29 per cent to 195.4 per 100,000 people.
In Greater Manchester, only two boroughs remain above the national average: Bury and Rochdale, although the rate is falling there.
Bury still has the highest infection rate in Greater Manchester, although the rate has dropped by seven percent to 212.1 cases per 100,000 in the local population.
Then there’s Rochdale, where cases have also dropped, by nine percent, to an infection rate of 201.
Cases are now increasing faster in Trafford than in any other Greater Manchester district, with the latest figures showing an infection rate of 110.4, a 26 percent increase compared to the previous week.
There has been an increase in the infection rate in three other districts.
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In Salford, the rate jumped 6 percent to 145.7 while in Manchester it jumped 3 percent to 175.3.
The infection rate in Oldham increased by 10 percent to 175.9 cases per 100,000 people.
The infection rate has decreased in four districts during the same period.
It fell seven percent to 177.1 at Wigan and 21 percent to 138.8 at Bolton.
The rate dropped by eight percent to 108.7 in Stockport and by 22 percent to 94.5 in Tameside, which has the lowest infection rate in Greater Manchester.
The government should review what level of restrictions is applied in each region tomorrow, December 16, two weeks after the first implementation of the system.
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Greater Manchester remains at level 3 highest.
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham said the disparity in rates could cause the region to split into different tiers when the government reviews the system next week.
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He added that leaders would prefer the region to move “as one”, but accepted that discussions should take place with local parliamentarians in the coming days.
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