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Royal Bolton Hospital issued a desperate plea for residents to stop visiting its emergency department in an attempt to get tested.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.The rate of Covid-19 infections in West Dunbartonshire is five times the Scottish average.NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde confirmed the rate in a post on social media and urged residents to play their part in reducing it.It read: "The Covid rate in West Dunbartonshire (per 100 thousand people) is five times the Scottish average."We can all play our part in getting this figure down - following the rules on numbers of people gathering, washing hands & social distancing"Pls tell your friends."This week, the Lennox Herald reported that West Dunbartonshire is at risk of becoming one of the worst hit regions in the UK by Covid-19.Last week it was revealed that

Far more than half of the areas in England recorded a significant rise in their coronavirus infection rates in the past week.

coronavirus outbreak began, the latest data for Greater Manchester shows.

they do not believe there has been any single factor which has left the area with a heightened number of infections.

A total of 236 primary school children in Trafford are self isolating due to coronavirus.Most of those children are in Year 1 and Year 5 at Seymour Park Primary School in Old Trafford, where 160 pupils are known to be self isolating.In Year 1 at Gorse Hill Primary School, in Stretford, another 50 are having to self isolate.Then, 26 pupils in Year 5 at Brooklands Primary School, in Sale, are also off school self isolating.It is understood that a number of ‘close contacts’ of year 9 pupils at Altrincham Grammar School for Girls are also having to isolate themselves, but the exact number has not yet been made public.Similarly, an unknown number of year 12 students at Urmston Grammar School and Year 7 pupils at Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic

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Coronavirus cases are continuing to surge in a number of towns and cities across the UK.

Brits face a new 'hard' coronavirus lockdown if they don't obey the new rule of six, a top professor has warned.

Boris Johnson could impose a nationwide curfew for pubs and restaurants in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus.

hereSeven areas are currently in the 'red alert' zone, while three are 'amber'.In Salford, the infection rate fell from 82.3 to 80.4 while Bury's also dropped from 79.1 to 75.9.Manchester's shifted slightly from 75.4 to 74.9 and Rochdale's fell from 75.5 to 70.1.Wigan, Trafford and Stockport's infection rates are all increasing, according to the ONS data.Wigan's rate stands at 41.7, Trafford's 39.5 and Stockport's 39.5.However, the three boroughs still have the lowest transmission rates in Greater Manchester.They remain on 'amber' alert.The Manchester Evening News reports on the region's infection rates every day as it is the measure used by the government when considering imposing - or lifting - local lockdown measures.This week, ministers

being sent as far as Llandudno for a test or offered slots in Aberdeen.But the government insists testing in areas with outbreaks is being prioritised.On Saturday lunchtime we tried to book a coronavirus test in all 10 Greater Manchester boroughs using the gov.uk website.In each case we claimed to be an essential worker, with access to a car, who had been exhibiting symptoms since Thursday.This is what happened:At 179.9 cases per 100,000 people Bolton has the highest infection rate in the UK.Last week, the comparable figure for the borough was 92.2 - meaning the infection rate almost doubled in seven days.In response to the soaring rates three new mobile testing centres are being built in Bolton.We used a Farnworth postcode to book a test

England's latest coronavirus hotspots have been revealed - with a worrying huge jump in the rate of infection in eight areas.

have reported being sent as far as Llandudno for a test.Bolton now has the highest coronavirus infection rate in the country at more than 160 cases per 100,000 people.

Rutherglen and Cambuslang, as well as the rest of the region, are now asked to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: “It is clearly regrettable that these restrictions need to be extended to people living in Lanarkshire.

Covid-19  in the last 24 hours has soared to 3,539. The Government said that as of 9am on Friday, there had been a further 3,539 lab-confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK - a spike from yesterday's figure of 2,919.

The number of new coronavirus cases in the UK have soared by 3,539 - the highest rise for four months.

Bolton is climbing as a whole, Public Health England data from August 31 to September 6 shows a disparity between the number of infections in different areas of the borough.

The number of new coronavirus cases is now doubling every week in England as the virus threatens to spin out of control.

England's coronavirus cases are at risk of spiralling out of control with a R number as high as 1.2.

Manchester Evening News asked shoppers at The Rock in Bury town centre if they think a lockdown for the borough is on its way. Many of them all came out with one word: inevitable.