Greater Manchester's latest coronavirus infection rates as cases continue to plummet
Coronavirus infection rates across Greater Manchester are continuing to plummet, with all but one of our 10 boroughs falling below the national average.
Wigan is the only area across the region above the average infection rate for England, with the town's rate currently standing at 135.8 cases per 100,000 people.
Cases fell by at least 19 per cent week-on-week in all ten boroughs, and by as much as 40 per cent in some. Wigan has the highest infection rates across Greater Manchester, with Manchester having the lowest.
Across the region as a whole, the average infection rate now stands 111.9 cases per 100,000 people. A total of 3,172 people tested positive in the week to Sunday, April 29, 1,658 fewer than the week earlier. READ MORE : Police respond to 'major' incident as Range Rover crashes into building in Heald Green A total of 422 patients were admitted to Greater Manchester NHS hospitals with Covid-19 in the week ending on April 24.
United States
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Cases: 46 252 513
Deaths: 750 423
Recovered: 0
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India
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Cases: 34 321 025
Deaths: 459 652
Recovered: 0
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Brazil
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Cases: 21 835 785
Deaths: 608 235
Recovered: 0
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United Kingdom
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Cases: 9 215 683
Deaths: 141 607
Recovered: 0
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Russia
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Cases: 8 494 589
Deaths: 237 619
Recovered: 0
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