Coronavirus infection rates are climbing in all 10 boroughs of Greater Manchester amid a national surge in Covid cases. However, none of the region's 10 boroughs currently have a rate as high as the national average.
Trafford continues to have the highest coronavirus infection rate in Greater Manchester. The borough recorded a rate of 738.7 cases per 100,000 people in the week ending March 17, according to the latest data from the UK Health Security Agency.
The lowest infection rate is in Rochdale, where the rate is 355.5 cases per 100,000 people. READ MORE: Hated by cops, plagued with problems and costing millions - but GMP will have to put up with its troubled computer system for at least another year In Greater Manchester as a whole, the infection rate is now 504.1 cases per 100,000 population.
The infection rate in the region is lower than the national average, which is 801.6 cases per 100,000 people. A total of 14,296 people tested positive for coronavirus across Greater Manchester in the week which ended on March 17.
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