Neighbourhoods in Tameside are dominating the region’s biggest Covid-19 hotspots. A total of 21,304 people tested positive for coronavirus across Greater Manchester in the week ending January 25.
The infection rate is lower than the national average in all ten local authority areas in Greater Manchester. Plan B measures have been lifted across England as cases continue to fall nationally.
However the publishing of reinfection data for the first time is expected to see a ten per cent rise in cases across the pandemic.
The mandatory wearing of masks in classrooms and indoor public spaces has now been scrapped, although Boris Johnson has urged people to still ‘think about’ wearing a mask when in public environments.