most recent available data.At its peak, the area had 97 confirmed positive tests in the week ending October 6 as the virus spread rapidly through the student population.The infection rate then was 897.1 per 100,000 people, the sixth highest in Greater Manchester, but the rate has now fallen to just 148.0 which is the lowest rate recorded in the 346 neighbourhoods of the region.The current infection rate is also well below the national average for England, which is 242.7 per 100,000 population.Meanwhile, the area designated in government statistics as 'Hulme and University' had just 24 cases in the week ending November 3.The rolling rate there has dropped from a peak of 1,017.3 cases per 100,000 people on September 29, when there were 149.
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