Chart shows how coronavirus cases have gone up in Bolton since the start of the local lockdown

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Bolton but a week later, on August 7, the seven-day total had risen to 81, an increase of over 42 per cent. There were 20 positive tests on Monday July 3rd, which is the highest daily total for a month.It means that the coronavirus rate per 100,000 people rose from 19.8 to 28.2 over the same timescale, with Bolton among the 20 areas in England with the highest infection rates.An infection rate of over 25 means an area is placed on 'amber' alert for possible intervention or further lockdown restrictions.Although the rates have gone up to more than 80 cases in a week, they are only a fraction of the numbers seen at the peak of the pandemic when over 240 people were tested positive in a seven-day period.The number of coronavirus patients dying.