Covid tests SURGE testing is to be rolled out in Bolton after coronavirus infection rates soared,The Bolton News, has learned. The borough continues to have second highest covid infection rate in the country after numbers of people testing positive for the virus soared and continue to increase particularly in Rumworth, Daubill and Lever Edge areas. This is the second time public health bosses will have carried out surge testing in Bolton. Mass testing in a bid to contain the virus could get underway tomorrow subject to approval. It comes as more cases of the Indian variant have been detected.
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Coronavirus has wreaked a devastating toll on all our lives and communities.
Tragically the total number of covid-related deaths in Greater Manchester has now exceeded 7,500.
Coronavirus cases and infection rates have been dropping across Bolton recently. With the easing of lockdown set to be announced by the government today, the number of Covid-19 cases and subsequent hospitalisations are more important than ever. Most individual areas of Bolton have seen their number of cases decrease, however, many are still recording infection rates far above the national average. Rumworth North recorded the highest amount of coronavirus cases in the seven days to February 16. It recorded 48 new cases of Covid-19 in this time, six more than the previous seven days, equalling an infection rate the same as 552.5 cases per 100,000 people.
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