Coronavirus infection rates in Trafford are continuing to rise as local Public Health leaders have been called in to help with the escalating situation.
The borough has seen it's Covid-19 rates almost double in the last two weeks, now making it the country's worst-hit area, according to the latest data from Public Health England.
It's case rate of 845.6 cases per 100,000 people in the week ending October 8, makes it the worst in England. READ MORE:Schoolgirl died from covid six days after developing cough The second highest infection rate nationally is in Wellingborough, in North Northamptonshire, where there were 780.5 cases per 100,000 population in the same period.