Manchester records its highest number of Covid-19 cases in a single day in major spike

Manchester Evening News brings the total to 421. While some of those affected have now returned to class, our list gives an overview of where cases have cropped up across the region since the beginning of September.Schools and councils aren't publishing this information, with the exception of Wigan Council, so we are largely reliant on parents informing us about closures.

with each other rather than, for example, being linked to any obvious large workplace outbreak.

straight to your inbox every day, freeUnited’s deadline day activity in fullIt was a busy Monday for United as four new signings were secured.Edinson Cavani was the most high profile of the new arrivals, having joined on a free transfer after his contract expired with PSG in the summer.Alex Telles, Facundo Pellistri and Amad Diallo also agreed to join. Here’s our live blog with all the latest on all the new signings.

straight to your inboxManchester United are close to finalising a deal for Uruguayan teenager Facundo Pellistri before the transfer deadline.Uruguayan sources have told the MEN the move is all but done and United sources are optimistic about concluding the transfer this evening.United have wanted to sign Penarol winger Pellistri for over a year and he could join for a fee of around €10million. It is believed he would go straight into the first-team squad if he joins.

straight to your inboxManchester United are unlikely to move for a centre-back on deadline day despite their disastrous start to the Premier League season.United have conceded 11 goals in their first three games - their worst in the Premier League era - but the MEN understands United's failure to sell any of their centre-backs has prevented them from strengthening the department.

straight to your inboxOle Gunnar Solskjaer described Manchester United's 6-1 thumping as his 'worst day ever' as a manager. Ten-man United trailed Spurs 4-1 at half-time at Old Trafford having taken the lead in the second minute through Bruno Fernandes.

straight to your inbox"If something happens, in or out, you'll get to know," Ole Gunnar Solskjaer declared. "We’'ll tell you when and if something happens," he informed another reporter.Solskjaer was on script whenever the transfer window or Monday's deadline was mentioned during his Zoom call on Friday morning.

Manchester Evening News reported how Fallowfield, an area with a high-population of students, had become the country's Covid-19 hotspot.All boroughs in Greater Manchester remain in the red alert zone for infection rates.There were a total of 648 cases recorded in the region today, down from 897 yesterday.Although the numbers have flattened over the past couple of days in eight of the region's boroughs, and are down in Bury and Bolton, the rates in Greater Manchester are still heading upwards as

Manchester is approaching 300 new Covid-19 cases per 100,000 people as the city grapples with escalating infection rates amongst students and young people.The virus has spread rapidly through university campuses and student accommodation where case numbers among 17 to 21-year olds are more than treble Manchester’s overall rate of infection.Hundreds of students and staff have tested positive for Covid-19 in the past ten days, pushing the city’s infection rates to become the highest in Greater

Bolton's cases dropping by seven percent.There were 595 cases recorded in the borough during the week ending September 26, a decrease of 43 from the previous week.Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to your inbox with the free MEN newsletterYou can sign up very simply by following the instructions hereIn Bury, there has been an increase in cases by 16 per cent, with 367 positive tests recorded in one week.

t it would be offering students a two-week rent rebate and a £50 grocery gift card for those affected, as well as access to emergency cleaning and toiletry supplies.

hereBolton still has the highest infection rate in Greater Manchester - 231.That's followed by Manchester (207) and Bury (193).The figures, for the seven days to September 25, are based on tests carried out in laboratories (pillar one of the Government's testing programme) and in the wider community (pillar two).The rate is expressed as the number of new cases per 100,000 people.Data for the most recent three days - September 26-28 - has been excluded as it is incomplete and likely to be

outbreak of 127 cases at Manchester Metropolitan University's Birley Campus and Cambridge Halls of Residence.

Household-to-household transmissions are behind the outbreak in Longsight and north Levenshulme, where 54 new cases were found in the week to September 20.

hereThis was the equivalent of around 22 per cent of the nearly 6.1 million FTE sickness days lost during the period across all staff groups in the NHS in England.The data showed that during the peak of the outbreak in April there were 690,569 FTE days lost due to Covid-19 - 30.6 per cent of the nearly 2.3 million absences recorded that month.At Stockport NHS Trust, more than a quarter (27.6 per cent) of sick days lost were Covid-19-related, the highest proportion locally.Both Stockport NHS

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straight to your inboxWith only one new signing in the summer transfer window you can understand why Manchester United might look to push the narrative of current players being like new arrivals.Dean Henderson's impressive debut against Luton Town in midweek was a statement of his talents ahead of a pivotal season in his career, with a fine reflex save late on a reminder of the pressure David de Dea is now under.The 23-year-old's return from Sheffield United has bolstered the depth at Old

quickly rising in Bury.The town now has the second highest infection rate in Greater Manchester - second only to Bolton where the rate is 212.8.Bury recorded 173.3 cases per 100,000 people in the week ending September 20.More than 300 people in the borough tested positive for Covid-19 in just one week for the first time since the pandemic began.Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Tameside and Wigan all still have infection rates above 100.And the rate of infection is still rising in Stockport and