Coronavirus cases in Greater Manchester have risen by 4pc week-on-week, according to latest figures, as the region prepares to enter 'Tier 3' of the lockdown system.Tougher new measures, such as the closure of pubs and other venues, will be introduced in the region from Friday at 00.01am.People will also be banned from meeting other households indoors and in most outdoor settings.More than 2,000 cases of the virus (2,162) were confirmed in Greater Manchester today - only the third time that total has been recorded in a day.And the infection rate for Greater Manchester as a whole is about to pass 400 for the first time (it's now at 399.4).The 4pc week-on-week increase is higher than yesterday, and provisional data suggest this will go up to.
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