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Cases exploding in new northern hotspot as local lockdown fails to halt surge

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Another Greater Manchester town is soaring up the UK's coronavirus infection rate tables at a worrying rate. More than 300 people in the borough tested positive for Covid-19 in Bury in just one week for the first time since the pandemic began, figures from Public Health England show.

Bury's infection rate has shot up from 97.9 per 100,000 people to 173.3 with 331 new cases in the week leading up to September 20 - far higher than levels the borough saw even in the first wave, reports the Manchester Evening News.

That means it is fast closing in on the infection rate in Bolton, which continues to top the hot-spot list at 200 per 100,000 people, as it leads the UK with surging case numbers.

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