Covid hotspot sees huge rise in cases

NORRIS Bank has become a Covid hot spot with a huge spike in cases.

The areas is one of two in Greater Manchester where one in a hundred people have Covid with local infection rates topping a thousand per 100,000 people.

Norris Bank in Stockport comes top, where cases have jumped by a huge 130 per cent compared to last week.

The infection rate for residents is 1,080.2, meaning one in a hundred people are testing positive for coronavirus.

In total 69 new cases were recorded in the week to October 21, a rise of 39 from the seven days prior.

Hale Barns in Trafford, an area which has been struggling with high levels of new cases, also has a thousand-plus infection rate.

There were 88 people testing positive, equating to an infection rate of 1,056.4 per 100,000 people.

Cases are also on the rise in that neighbourhood with 21 more than the previous week.

In contrast, the neighbourhood with the lowest rate in the region is Piccadilly and Ancoats in Manchester where it stands at just 71.

Currently the Trafford borough continues to have the highest overall coronavirus infection rate in Greater Manchester, followed by Stockport, the data in the week to October 22 shows.

Bolton is bottom of the table, followed by Manchester and then Oldham.

The region’s local Covid hotspots can be identified through an interactive data map which charts the number of positive test results in each neighbourhood across the country.

It shows the number of infections per local area, broken down into neighbourhoods containing roughly 7,000 people.

The number of new cases is then used to calculate the infection rate per 100,000 people.

Health bosses and Mayor Andy Burnham last week issued a plea for passengers to use face coverings on trams, trains and buses warning that ‘Covid’s still here’.

Health Secretary Sajid Javid has said the Covid vaccine could become mandatory for NHS staff, amid a surge in infections across the UK.