Coronavirus infection rates fall in Manchester and Liverpool as R rate dips below 1
Reading now: 414
mirror.co.ukA sharp drop in new coronavirus infections has seen Merseyside and Manchester's figures fall in line with the rest of England.
The latest figures from the government show cases of Covid-19 in the Liverpool City Region have halved since early October as successive restrictions have reduced transmission of the virus.
In the week up to November 6, there were 267 new cases per 100,000 residents in the region as a whole, compared to 540 new cases per 100,000 residents at the peak of the second wave on October 9.
With England’s national infection rate reaching 247 new cases per 100,000 residents in the same week, the city region is no longer among the country’s most infected areas, the Liverpool Echo reports.
Read more on mirror.co.uk
The website celebsbar.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.
