Coronavirus infection rates in Bolton keep falling

For a number of weeks Bolton was recording by far the highest Covid infection rate in the country due to being a hotspot for the Delta variant of coronavirus.

However, surge testing and vaccination efforts from local public health teams have brought this under control recently, with infection rates rapidly falling.

• How Bolton brought down Covid infection rates through community engagement and co-operation

This is while the Delta variant continues to spread across the rest of the region and country, leading to the easing of lockdown restrictions being delayed.

Bolton is now recording the 15th highest infection rate in the country, and is now 5th within the Greater Manchester region, with Manchester, Salford, Bury, and Wigan all now recording higher rates of cases.

A Covid sign in Bolton town centre (Image: PA)

In the seven days to June 17, Bolton recorded 720 new positive cases of Covid-19, equalling an infection rate of 250.4 cases per 100,000 residents in the borough.

This is a fall from the previous seven days, to June 10, where Bolton recorded 892 new cases as a rate of 310.2 per 100,000.

Vaccinations taking place in Bolton town centre (Image: PA)

Blackburn with Darwen is still recording the highest infection rate in the country after a recent spike having recorded a rate of 531.7 per 100,000 residents in the seven days to June 17.

However, this is a fall from the previous seven days from 600.6 per 100,000.

The vaccination bus

Only Stockport has also seen a fall in cases within GM, having seen its rate drop from 233.1 per 100,000 to 198.3 per 100,000 in the last seven days.

However, all other eight boroughs of GM have seen their cases rise.

Manchester (360.7), Salford (340), Bury (335.1), and Wigan (297.6), have all seen their infection rates in crease to a higher rate than Bolton's in the seven days to June 17.

Greater Manchester infection rates

From left to right: name of local authority; rate of new cases in the seven days to June 17; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to June 17; rate of new cases in the seven days to June 10; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to June 10.

Manchester, 360.7, (1994), 301.9, (1669)

Salford, 340.0, (880), 312.9, (810)

Bury, 335.1, (640), 262.3, (501)

Wigan, 297.6, (978), 230.0, (756)

Bolton, 250.4, (720), 310.2, (892)

Trafford, 239.7, (569), 198.0, (470)

Rochdale, 231.6, (515), 210.4, (468)

Oldham, 221.8, (526), 173.3, (411)

Tameside, 210.2, (476), 162.5, (368)

Stockport, 198.3, (582), 233.1, (684)

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