coronavirus map. Infection rates were so low at the beginning of July that most areas were virtually Covid-free with hardly any cases being recorded - which meant they showed up as blank white spaces on the map.But during August more and more neighbourhoods began to turn a darker shade of green as infection rates rose.Watch the video here:In the first week of September, a worrying spike in cases could be seen in Bolton, with most neighbourhoods turning blue as the infection rate rose above 100 cases per 100,000 people.It was during this period that Bolton had the highest infection rate of any borough in the country.And it was in two areas of Bolton that the first purple areas in the region could be seen - which represented a spike in.
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