ZOE APP DATA GREATER MANCHESTER
However, the good news is that it does not really appear to be Greater Manchester driving the rise today.
It would seem to be rises in West Lancashire, Preston and East Lancashire that must be as many of the other areas are falling.
Wyre is going back up too and Wirral is still into the 30Ks and the highest in the region.
But Cheshire East (on 16,429) and West (12,101) have both fallen daily for 14 days now from up near 30K.
So not there either
HERE ARE THE 10 GM BOROUGHS TODAY FROM WORST NUMBERS TO BEST:-
BURY 26,865 - but falling 2K a day for 4 days now - borders East Lancashire
BOLTON 24,659 - still rising - up 1600 today and from 16,907 six days ago - possibly the biggest issue and likely because of the problems in East Lancashire which it also borders
MANCHESTER 24,079 - a fall of 600 - after ten days of quite steady rises from 15K
WIGAN 22,781 - UP 1100 but has flattened off lately - borders areas of Lancashire in trouble too
ROCHDALE 19,474 - UP 1200 and been rising from 14K over past week - another bordering East Lacashire
TRAFFORD 16,805 - UP just 220 and fallen over the week from mid 23K
TAMESIDE 15,541 - DOWN a few hundred but been around this level for 2 weeks
STOCKPORT 10,488 - DOWN by more than the day before for third day and halved in the past 10 days from over 20K - Closest in two monthsto going into the sub 10K lower watch zone.
SALFORD 7903 - pretty flat in the high 7000s for 3 days now but down from 15K a week ago
OLDHAM 5006 - Still easily the best (as it is in the real numbers daily) and been within 400 or so either side of 5000 for about 10 days now.
AS YOU SEE GM NUMBERS ARE ABOVE THE LEVEL THEY WERE IN TOTAL - WITH FOUR BOROUGHS OVER 20K AND ANOTHER LIKELY TOMORROW - BUT NO BOROUGH LOOKS IN SERIOUS TROUBLE AND THESE RISES ARE MATCHED BY SOME GOOD FALLS TOO AND THE HIGHER ONES APPEAR MOSTLY TO BE LEVELLING OFF OR FALLING
SO FAR NOTHING HERE TO SUGGEST THIS IS WHERE A BIG NORTH WEST JUMP UPWARD WOULD BE COMING FROM ON ZOE AND THE BORDERS WITH EAST LANCASHIRE LOOK KEY
UNFORTUNATELY ZOE HAS NEVER TRACKED EAST LANCASHIRE AS IT CANNOT GET ENOUGH PARTICIPANTS THERE AND YET THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC THE SOCIAL FACTORS OF THE REGION THAT LIKELY EXPLAIN WHY IT CANNOT HAVE PROBABLY ALSO MADE IT BY FAR THE BIGGEST DRIVER IN THE NORTH WEST
BURNLEY ON 19,785 & BLACKBURN ON 21,011 HAVE THE HIGHESTLEVEL OF POP SCORES IN THE UK AND BOTH WAY OVER EVERYWHERE IN GREATER MANCHESTER
A SHAME ZOE HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO TRACK THE ONE AREA THAT HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST PROBLEM ACROSS THE LAST 20 MONTHS