direct to your inboxGreater Manchester’s coronavirus infection rate is falling faster than in England as a whole.The rate of 105.4 cases per 100,000 population in the week ending March 2 is still higher than the national average of 69.9.But here the rate is down 37 per cent in the last week, according to the latest data from Public Health England.A total of 2,989 people tested positive for coronavirus across the conurbation in the week ending March 2.That’s 1,769 less cases than in the previous week.At the start of the national lockdown on January 5, the infection rate in Greater Manchester was 427.6 cases per 100,000.The rate peaked on January 8 at 461.5.
Read more on manchestereveningnews.co.uk