Bolton is now recording the highest coronavirus infection rate in Greater Manchester.

The number of cases in the borough has been falling steadily over the last few weeks, although it has not come down at the same rate as the other nine boroughs of Greater Manchester.

Cases have started to go down after they had started to rise after schools returned in early-March, albeit slowly.

In the seven days to April 3, Bolton recorded 219 new positive cases of Covid-19, equalling an infection rate of 76.2 new cases per 100,000 residents.

This is a drop compared to the previous seven days, to March 27, where the town recorded 293 cases at a rate of 101.9 per 100,000.

Tameside (75.9) and Oldham's (75.9) cases have dropped significantly with both are also recording infection rates above 70 cases per 100,000/ residents.

Rochdale and Manchester both saw their infection rates drop from a similar level to Bolton's up to March 27 to below 70 cases per 100,000 residents in the latest figures.

Trafford (47.2) and Bury (51.3) are recording the lowest number of cases in the GM region after seeing their number of cases fall again.

However, this is still above the national average for case rates, which is around 37 per 100,000.

Greater Manchester infection rates

From left to right: name of local authority; rate of new cases in the seven days to April 3; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to April 3; rate of new cases in the seven days to March 27; number (in brackets) of new cases recorded in the seven days to March 27.

Bolton, 76.2, (219), 101.9, (293)

Tameside, 75.9, (172), 109.1, (247)

Oldham, 72.5, (172), 111.3, (264)

Rochdale, 69.7, (155), 103.4, (230)

Manchester, 68.9, (381), 99.3, (549)

Stockport, 56.9, (167), 69.2, (203)

Wigan, 56.6, (186), 91.6, (301)

Salford, 53.7, (139), 77.3, (200)

Bury, 51.3, (98), 73.3, (140)

Trafford, 47.2, (112), 74.6, (177)