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direct to your inboxAround 70pc of Covid-19 cases in Tameside are believed to be caused by the new more contagious strain of the virus.Health chiefs say that the new variant of coronavirus, which was first detected in Kent, is now ‘dominant’ in the borough and across much of Greater Manchester.Speaking at a meeting of the health and wellbeing board, director of public health Jeanelle de Gruchy said they needed to be ‘really vigilant’ against the new strain.“We’re seeing high numbers of outbreaks and some large outbreaks, and that is a different picture,” she said.“Before when we had an outbreak actually we could get on top of it and there weren’t as many people in the outbreak getting ill.“Now it seems because of the variant when you have

more Covid deaths in one week than anywhere else in the country.In the seven days to September 10, 13 people died at the Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (ICFT) from Covid-19.To follow Beth on Twitter, click hereOr to like her Facebook page and keep up to with the latest news, click hereHere's the link to the M.E.N's main Facebook page where we share our latest stories.The deaths were mainly among older people with other underlying health conditions.The borough’s director of public health, Jeanelle de Gruchy, said a large number of older people in their 50s and 60s are contracting the virus in Tameside.She told a scrutiny meeting last Thursday night: “We have got activity in the hospital which means that we’ve got

lockdown restrictions were tightened in Leicester, with non-essential shuts shop and most schools closing from Thursday because of concern over the rise of cases in the area.

hereHowever Hyde South is an outlier, with the rest of the borough seeing far fewer people pass away.The next highest is Mossley, with 14 deaths in the three month period, then Guide Bridge with 13 and Droylsden Central with 12.The postcodes around Ashton Waterloo and Dukinfield West have both recorded 11 deaths.Smallshaw and Ashton Central have also seen ten deaths each connected with coronavirus.The remaining 21 postcode areas have seen deaths in the single figures since the pandemic took hold in March.Denton North saw the lowest death toll across the borough, with just two people passing away in April and May.Tameside council’s director of public health Dr Jeanelle de Gruchy said: “We are very saddened by the deaths of any of our

hereIt follows advice from Tameside’s director of public health, Dr Jeanelle de Gruchy, to delay the wider reopening of schools until there is ‘further assurance’ that the COVID-19 infection rate is reducing and the R rate is firmly below 1.The R number tracks how fast the virus is able to spread from an infected person and is vital to ascertaining whether the pandemic is being kept under control.If it is below 1, the virus is on the decline, but figures of above 1 suggest it is growing.Last week, scientists from Public Health England and Cambridge University said their analysis showed that the R rate is hovering just above or below the crucial figure of 1, with the north west having the highest figure at 1.01.