Where are Covid infections highest and lowest in Greater Manchester right now?

The biggest regional hotspot’ for Covid-19 infections is now located in Tameside, figures have revealed, as the number of new Omicron variant cases reaches the hundreds nationwide.
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There are now more than 200 confirmed cases of Omicron in the United Kingdom according to the UK Health and Security Agency.

However, scientific experts estimate there is likely to be more than 1,000 cases of the variant already circulating across the UK.

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The arrival of the variant sparked Prime Minister Boris Johnson to announce the rules around travel and mask wearing were being tightened up, with face coverings once again compulsory in shops and on public transport in England.

And the return of pre-departure Covid tests for travellers to the UK will come into force tomorrow – Tuesday, December 7.

What is the situation in Greater Manchester?

Two cases which are ‘highly probable’ to be the new mutation of Covid-19 have been identified in Bolton, according to local health chiefs.

The areas with the highest infections, and localities where cases are low can be revealed via an interactive map charting the number of positive Covid-19 test results in each neighbourhood across the country using government data.

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In the week to 30 November – the latest local data – the biggest hotspot was Carrbrook and Micklehurst in Tameside.

It recorded an infection rate of 899.8, with 65 new incidences of the virus.

In second place is Eccles in Salfordwhere there were 87 cases and the rate was 751.2.

Romiley and Compstall in Stockport follows with a rate of 738.4, and 57 cases of Covid-19 being recorded – a rise of 20.

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Beech Road and Chorlton Meadows in Manchester is in fourth place with 46 new cases and a local infection rate of 737.8 per 100,000 people.

File photo dated 31/07/21 of a person receiving a Covid-19 jab. Campaigners are calling on Scotland's First Minister to send a "clear, personal message" to Boris Johnson that more needs to be done to increase the number of Covid vaccines available in poorer nations. Nicola Sturgeon is being urged to intervene and tell the Prime Minister that if he fails to act on this issue he will be "standing on the wrong side of history and Scotland will not stand alongside him".File photo dated 31/07/21 of a person receiving a Covid-19 jab. Campaigners are calling on Scotland's First Minister to send a "clear, personal message" to Boris Johnson that more needs to be done to increase the number of Covid vaccines available in poorer nations. Nicola Sturgeon is being urged to intervene and tell the Prime Minister that if he fails to act on this issue he will be "standing on the wrong side of history and Scotland will not stand alongside him".
File photo dated 31/07/21 of a person receiving a Covid-19 jab. Campaigners are calling on Scotland's First Minister to send a "clear, personal message" to Boris Johnson that more needs to be done to increase the number of Covid vaccines available in poorer nations. Nicola Sturgeon is being urged to intervene and tell the Prime Minister that if he fails to act on this issue he will be "standing on the wrong side of history and Scotland will not stand alongside him".

Next is Higher Woodhill in Bury, where the 41 weekly cases led to a rate of 717.8.

This was a huge 156.2 pc increase on last week, with 25 more people testing positive for the virus.

Orrell and  Longshaw in Wigan is in sixth place.

It recorded 92 new cases of Covid-19, totalling an infection rate of 712.

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Denton East in Tameside had a rate of 704.3 in the week to November 30, with 40 people testing positive for coronavirus.

In eighth place is the Manchester neighbourhood of Wythenshawe East and Peel Hall , where 52 cases of the virus were recorded.

This works out as a local infection rate of 693.5 per 100,000 people.

Heywood Heap Bridge and Darnhill in Rochdale is next with 61 cases, equalling a rate of 674.9.

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Finally Sale Central, in Trafford, is in tenth place with 69 cases and a local infection rate of 667.1.

Where is the infection rate currently low?

At the other end of the scale, Lever Edge in Bolton has the lowest infection rate in the region, standing at 44.9 with just four new cases.

This was a drop of 16 cases from the previous seven day period.

It is followed by Halliwell and Brownlow Fold, also in Bolton, with nine cases and a rate of 104.8.

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In third place is the Bolton neighbourhood of Horwich East, where seven people tested positive in the week to November 30.

This equals a rate of 114.3 per 100,000 people.

University North and Whitworth Street in Manchester is next with 14 new cases and a rate of 126.2.

The pre-departure test is in addition to the day two PCR test after arrival in the UK (Photo: Getty Images)The pre-departure test is in addition to the day two PCR test after arrival in the UK (Photo: Getty Images)
The pre-departure test is in addition to the day two PCR test after arrival in the UK (Photo: Getty Images)

In fifth place is the Manchester area of Fallowfield Central.

The 15 cases recorded there convert to an infection rate of 126.6.

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Ladybarn, also in Manchester follows with a rate of 126.6 and 12 new cases of Covid-19.

Salem in Oldham is in seventh place with a local rate of 153.9, and 12 cases recorded in the week to November 30.

Hulme and University in Manchester also makes it into the top ten areas with the lowest infection rates with a rate of 156.5 and 23 new cases.

City Centre North and Collyhurst in Manchester is in ninth place with 12 incidences of the virus, resulting in an infection rate of 160.1.

Finally Piccadilly and Ancoats in Manchester is in tenth place with a rate of 162.3 from 32 new cases.