direct to your inboxThe number of Covid-19 cases rose across most of Manchester in the week before the government announced the latest national lockdown.New virus hotspots have emerged in all parts of the city while infection rates have continued to increase all over Greater Manchester.In Manchester the rate of Covid-19 infections has risen by almost 50 pc to 302.6 cases per 100,000 people in the week to Monday January 4.Up to 25 per cent of all new cases in the city-region can be linked to the more transmissible strain of the virus which has spread rapidly across southern parts of England.Just one area in Manchester had confirmed cases in single figures in the week ending December 30, while a dozen saw case numbers double or even.
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