Coronavirus: National restrictions

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Coronavirus: National restrictions

National coronavirus restrictions come in to effect on Thursday 5 November. Until then Oldham remains in The Very High Tier of restrictions.

Coronavirus: Information and advice

Covid-19 weekly data

Updated: Wednesday 28 October 2020

Next update: Wednesday 5 November 2020

Covid-19 Cases

Between 18 – 24 October Oldham has had 1561 new cases identified, an increase on the previous week total of 1066. The total number of confirmed cases in Oldham now totals 8440, a rate of 3560 per 100,000 population, the highest rate across Greater Manchester.

Weekly infection rate

Between 18 – 24 October Oldham has a rate of 658 per 100,000 population, which has increased from 450 the previous week. Oldham has the highest rate across Greater Manchester and is significantly higher than the England rate.

Area Name Weekly cases (18 – 24 October) Weekly incidence rate per 100,000 (18 – 24 October)
Oldham 1561 658
Greater Manchester 15223 537
England 123564 220

We calculate the 7 day rate per 100,000 population by taking the total number of cases divided by Oldham’s population (237,110) x 100,000.

 

Covid-19 Casesweekly numberof casesWC 1 MarchWC 15 MarchWC 29 MarchWC 12 AprilWC 26 AprilWC 10 MayWC 24 MayWC 7 JuneWC 21 JuneWC 5 JulyWC 19 JulyWC 2 AugustWC 16 AugustWC 30 AugustWC 13 SeptemberWC 27 SeptemberWC 11 October02505007501,0001,2501,5001,750

Date weekly number of cases
WC 1 March 4
WC 8 March 6
WC 15 March 25
WC 22 March 74
WC 29 March 119
WC 5 April 239
WC 12 April 168
WC 19 April 153
WC 26 April 149
WC 3 May 151
WC 10 May 105
WC 17 May 102
WC 24 May 93
WC 31 May 108
WC 7 June 110
WC 14 June 104
WC 21 June 79
WC 28 June 52
WC 5 July 41
WC 12 July 35
WC 19 July 136
WC 26 July 137
WC 2 August 260
WC 9 August 202
WC 16 August 143
WC 23 August 138
WC 30 August 158
WC 6 September 292
WC 13 September 365
WC 20 September 492
WC 27 September 641
WC 4 October 926
WC 11 October 1,041
WC 18 October 1,561

Age and Gender

Over the last 28 days, numbers of positive cases were highest in those in the working age population, however the number of cases in people aged over 65 has increased significantly in recent weeks. Earlier in the pandemic, there are a higher number of cases in older age groups compared to recent data.

Covid-19 cases by age group and gender – 4 weeks ending17 OctoberFemaleMale0-910-1920-2930-3940-4950-5960-6970-7980-8990+0100200300400500

Covid cases Female Male
0-9 106 85
10-19 280 275
20-29 391 319
30-39 431 317
40-49 343 311
50-59 319 304
60-69 151 172
70-79 96 75
80-89 58 35
90+ 25 5
Covid-19 cases by age group and gender – OverallFemaleMale0-910-1920-2930-3940-4950-5960-6970-7980-8990+02004006008001,000

Covid cases Female Male
0-9 206 193
10-19 477 510
20-29 813 665
30-39 799 628
40-49 711 597
50-59 625 570
60-69 308 321
70-79 214 196
80-89 200 143
90+ 94 43

Source: Public Health England
* Gender of 6 people is unknown/other

Ethnicity

Across all time periods, the highest number of cases have been in the White population, however cases remain high across all ethnic groups.

Covid-19 cases by ethnicityCases overlast 4 weeksending 23OctoberOverallnumber ofcasesAsian/ AsianBritishBlack/ African/Caribbean/Black BritishMixed OtherUnknownWhite05001,0001,5002,0002,500

Covid cases Cases over last 4 weeks ending 23 October Overall number of cases
Asian/ Asian British 378 1,133
Black/ African/ Caribbean/ Black British 20 60
Mixed Other 21 67
Unknown 156 463
White 978 2,378

Source: Public Health England 

Ward Data

Over the last 7 days, the highest case rate per 100,000 was in Werneth. The lowest was in Saddleworth North.

Over the last 28 days, the ward with the highest rate was St. Mary’s. The ward with the lowest rate was St James’.

Overall, the ward with the highest rate per 100,000 was St. Mary’s. The ward with the lowest rate was St James’.

Covid-19 Cases per 100,000 population over the 28 days leading up to 24 October and all time by Oldham Ward
Ward  28 days leading up to 23 October (rate per 100,000) Overall (rate per 100,000)
Alexandra 1425 3655
Chadderton Central 1521 3241
Chadderton North 1799 3679
Chadderton South 1451 2956
Coldhurst 1788 3844
Crompton 1684 2927
Failsworth East 1975 3343
Failsworth West 1691 2941
Hollinwood 1540 2677
Medlock Vale 1898 4018
Royton North 1861 2848
Royton South 1756 3169
Saddleworth North 1350 2495
Saddleworth South 1569 2803
Saddleworth West and Lees 1746 3021
Shaw 1768 3300
St Mary’s 2432 5792
St James’ 1137 2369
Waterhead 1508 3374
Werneth 2399 5533
Oldham Overall 1730 3493

Source: Public Health England & Office for National Statistics 2019 Mid-Year Estimates, Calculated by Oldham Council Public Health Intelligence
* Rate has been suppressed due to low numbers.

Map showing covid-19 cases per 100,000 population for the last 28 days leading up to 23 October 2020 and all time by Oldham Ward

Source: Public Health England & Office for National Statistics 2019 Mid-Year Estimates, Calculated by Oldham Council Public Health Intelligence.
Some data has been suppressed due to low numbers.

Testing Data

Taking an average over the last 7 days the rate of testing was 529 per 100,000 population per day, this has increased from 494 per 100,000 last week.

The testing positivity rate over the last 7 days was 17.1%, this has increased from 12.2% last week.

Deaths from COVID-19

In total, there has been a total of 288 COVID-19 deaths to Oldham residents, with eleven new deaths this week, an increase from four deaths last week.

Oldham deaths registered by weekCovid deathsAll causes deaths6 March20 March3 April17 April1 May15 May29 May12 June26 June10 July24 July7 August21 August5 September19 September2 October16 October-20020406080100120

Year Covid deaths All causes deaths
6 March 0 41
13 March 1 47
20 March 2 40
27 March 11 58
3 April 22 62
10 April 42 88
17 April 60 113
24 April 40 77
1 May 19 62
8 May 15 37
15 May 11 47
22 May 9 39
29 May 10 39
5 June 5 40
12 June 4 35
19 June 1 40
26 June 4 18
3 July 2 26
10 July 0 20
17 July 1 27
24 July 0 30
31 July 2 36
7 August 1 27
14 August 3 36
21 August 0 28
28 August 3 30
5 September 0 17
12 September 0 16
19 September 0 38
26 September 0 31
2 October 1 39
9 October 4 42
16 October 11 42