Covid-19 hotspot in Chadderton Central, Oldham, it increased by 15 per cent and the neighbourhood recorded an infection rate of 704.9 per 100,000 in a week.
Castleton and Trub in Rochdale had the second highest infection rate at 677.2.Hotspots have also appeared in Lever Edge in Bolton, Clifton Green and Pendlebury East in Salford, Heald Green East in Stockport and Little Lever in Bolton.In contrast, Covid infection rates have fallen dramatically in many neighbourhoods across the region.In Hale, the area's infection rate was recorded at 106.5 per 100,000 people in the week ending November 18 - this has decreased by 79 per cent.Rates also dropped dramatically in Romiley and Compstall in Stockport by 75 per cent and Heald Green West in.