Latest Greater Manchester coronavirus infection rates as cases fall by at least a quarter in all ten boroughs
04.05.2022 - 22:19
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Coronavirus infection rates across Greater Manchester fell by at least a quarter in every area. Over the past week the number of positive cases have continued to plummet across the region.
All boroughs except Wigan are below the national average for England. The town has Greater Manchester's highest infection rates, currently standing at 131.8 cases per 100,000 people.
Manchester still has the lowest infection rate, with 86.6 cases per 100,000 people. Across Greater Manchester 3,031 people tested positive for the virus, in the week to Saturday, April 30, 1,563 fewer cases than the previous week.
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A total of 422 patients were admitted to Greater Manchester NHS hospitals with Covid-19 in the week ending on April 24. That is 270 fewer than the week before, a fall of 178 percent. On Tuesday, April 26, there were 17 Mechanical Ventilation (MV) beds occupied by Covid patients in Greater Manchester NHS hospitals. That is two fewer than a week earlier.
This is the most recent available data for hospital admissions, the figures for NHS trusts are not updated daily.
In the week ending April 30, a total of 40 people died within 28 days of a positive Covid test across Greater Manchester, which is 23 fewer than the week before. Since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 988,757 confirmed coronavirus cases in Greater Manchester. There has been a total of 9,230 deaths.
In Manchester 481 people tested positive in the week ending April 30, 250 fewer than the past week. There was a weekly fall of 34 per cent.
A total of 288 people tested positive across Trafford , 124 fewer cases than the previous seven days. Compared with the