This is why Greater Manchester has been put into a new local lockdown
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukAndy Burnham has revealed the rising Covid infection rates that led both Greater Manchester’s leaders and the government to conclude new lockdown restrictions were needed in the region.Numbers for the week to Monday show increases in every part of the conurbation except Rochdale, where numbers are still high but are falling after a series of targeted measures were brought in earlier this month.Trafford and Oldham both saw particularly sharp spikes.
In Trafford, where public health officials believe the rise is concentrated to the south of the borough around Hale and Altrincham, cases per 100,000 had risen to 40.9, up from just 8.8 in the week to July 18.Oldham’s rate rose from 14.8 to 54, an increase that had already seen localised.
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