Coronavirus infection rates have fallen again in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester while hospital admissions have also gone down.
Tameside continues to have the highest coronavirus infection rate in the county. The borough recorded a rate of 1,053.2 cases per 100,000 people in the week ending January 18, according to the latest data from the UK Health Security Agency.
The lowest infection rate is in Stockport, where the rate is 768.9 cases per 100,000 people. READ MORE:'Disgusting' pervert in 'Royal Mail uniform' took photos up schoolgirl's skirt in supermarket In Greater Manchester as a whole, the infection rate is now 881.5 cases per 100,000 population.
The infection rate in the region is lower than the national average, which is 973.6 cases per 100,000 people. A total of 24,996 people tested positive for coronavirus across Greater Manchester in the week which ended on January 18.