direct to your inboxTrafford’s infection rate is currently higher than it has been at any other point since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.As of the week ending January 8, the borough’s infection rate stood at 493.8 per 100,000 people – the highest of any of Greater Manchester’s 10 boroughs.The borough is also the only one of the city-region’s boroughs that is seeing a higher infection rate now than it did during November’s peak before lockdown two was brought in.Over the New Year period there was a surge in cases, with January 4 seeing the highest number of positive tests seen in the borough in one single day since the pandemic began – 217 people tested positive in 24 hours.January 4 also marked the first and only day so far since.