Covid-19 case rates in Wigan coming down but still among region's highest

The borough is also below the averages for the North West and England.
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There were 1,373 cases identified in the borough between January 9 and January 15, Wigan Council's latest weekly coronavirus tracker shows.

This means the case rate was 417.8 per 100,000 residents.

This is a decrease from the previous week and is also lower than the rates for the North West (528.6 per 100,000) and England (495.4 per 100,000).

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However, it is still the second-highest case rate in Greater Manchester, with only Manchester having a higher figure.

Wigan's figure is, though, lower than those in neighbouring boroughs Chorley and Warrington and significantly below the case rate of more than 800 per 100,000 people in St Helens.

The borough's reduction followed three straight weeks of rising Covid-19 case figures and reflects broader trends which have seen regional and national reductions in the latest week of data.

Across the borough a similar picture can be seen, with 18 of the 25 wards having a decrease in case numbers compared to the previous week.

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Figures for the latest week available, which covers January 7 to January 13, show Lowton East had the highest rate of cases, followed by Astley Mosley Common.

The biggest increase in cases from the previous week was in Leigh West, followed by Atherleigh.

The largest decrease was in Shevington with Lower Ground, followed by Leigh South and Tyldesley.

The data also shows a significant week-on-week increase in the number of people who have died with Covid-19 in Wigan.

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As of January 8, there had been 814 deaths registered for Wigan residents mentioning the novel coronavirus.

There were 49 registrations in the latest week, up 30 from the previous week.

There were also 125 patients who had tested positive for Covid-19 in the borough's hospitals on January 19.

Public health experts say the new variant of the coronavirus continues to account for the majority of the borough's new cases.

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Local contact tracing teams had successfully managed 93 per cent of people in all the cases escalated to them as of January 18.

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