But what does that mean in practical terms?
- All current Coronavirus restrictions remain in place
- Businesses and shops to remain open.
- No visitors to your home or garden, unless within your bubble.
- Pubs remain open but you must stay within your household or bubble
- Further openings planned for August have been put on hold.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said "households gathering and not abiding by the social distancing rules" was a reason for the decision, which had been taken in order to "keep the country safe".
Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham said there had been a "marked change" in the spread of the virus across the area.
"We have gone from a falling rate of cases in nearly all of our boroughs last week to a rising rate in nine out of ten affecting communities across a much wider geography," he said.
