Over 50,000 Oldhamers have received their booster vaccine

The Covid weekly data for Oldham

The latest data shows there were 733 new cases of Covid in Oldham in the last seven days, an increase of 37 on the previous week.

The town's rate of 308 (per 100,000 population) remains the lowest 7-day rate across Greater Manchester.

There are no recorded cases of the new Omicron variant of the virus in the town, however the Government has accelerated the Covid vaccine programme amid concerns about the new variant.

The government says all eligible adults in England will be offered the chance to book a booster by end of January. But Health Secretary Sajid Javid says "people should wait to be called", before contacting the NHS.

71.5% (52,132) of Oldham's eligible population have now received their booster dose of the vaccine.

As of 30 November, 162,577 of Oldham’s registered population have been vaccinated with their first dose and 148,309 with their second dose.

Over the last 7 days, the ward with the highest case rate per 100,000 was Chadderton North (470).  The ward with the lowest rate was St Mary’s (121).

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