BOLTON'S seven-day rolling coronavirus rate has risen as Greater Manchester seems set to be moved from Tier 2 to Tier 3 in the Government's covid restrictions.
The rate in the seven days up to October 15 in the town is 398.5, up from 310.2 in the week running up to October 8.
The latest rate for the whole of Greater Manchester, which has a population of 2.8 million, is 392.8 cases per 100,000 people – up slightly on 381.8 in the previous week.
Here are the latest rates in Greater Manchester's 10 borough for the seven days to October 15, and the comparison (in brackets) is for the seven days to October 8.
All figures have been calculated by the PA news agency using Public Health England data.
Bolton 398.5 (310.2)
Bury 396.4 (356.0)
Manchester 424.7 (511.5)
Oldham 407.8 (380.8)
Rochdale 469.4 (402.9)
Salford 421.1 (384.4)
Stockport 273.0 (290.0)
Tameside 346.6 (319.7)
Trafford 321.9 (342.1)
Wigan 436.9 (378.8)
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