direct to your inboxThe gap between the coronavirus infection rate in Greater Manchester and London is beginning to widen.On Sunday, the M.E.N reported that the rate of infection in the capital on the day the country was moved into separate tiers was in fact higher than our area.Whilst cases were falling across our conurbation when the country come out of lockdown, positive tests were rising in London.In the week ending December 3, the infection rate in London climbed from 169.32 to 173.7 per 100,000 of the population.Meanwhile, for the same time period in Greater Manchester, the rate of infection dropped again from 164.65 to 159.2.There were 15,564 new cases recorded in London in the seven day period to December 3, an increase of 13 per.
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