Greater Manchester will be placed in Tier 3 of the government’s strengthened tier system when national lockdown ends on December 2, it has been confirmed.The Health Secretary Matt Hancock made the announcement in Parliament this morning.The tougher system, which sees harsher controls on the hospitality industry than before is based on the latest available data, the government said.Greater Manchester had been in Tier 3 before the lockdown after reporting some of the highest Covid-19 rates in the country.Things have changed in the last week, with the regional rate falling from 432 cases per 100,000 people to 276.But this remains above the national average and the region's hospitals remain under strain from the number of cases.Tier 3 will once.
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