direct to your inboxAround 50pc of all new coronavirus cases in Trafford, of which there were over 1,000 this week, are down to the new, more infectious variant of the virus.Trafford’s current infection rate stands at 492.2 per 100,000 people as of January 8.But January 4 saw the highest number of positive cases in Trafford since the start of the pandemic in March 2020 when 217 people tested positive on that day alone.Between January 4 and January 10, more than 1,000 positive tests discovered new cases of the virus across the borough.Eleanor Roaf, Trafford’s Director for Public Health gave an update to Trafford council’s public engagement board and explained ‘rates have increased sharply’.She said: “It really is everywhere.
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