Salford has 25 new coronavirus cases, down from the previous day's 54, bringing the cumulative total to 22,522. The seven day average of cases in Salford is now 276, down from 290, while the seven day rate per 100,000 population now stands at 106.6, down from 112.
Elsewhere in Greater Manchester, the seven day average of cases in Bury is 141 (up from135), with a seven day rate per 100,000 population of 73.8 (up from 70.7); Bolton 297 (down from 280), with a rate of 103.3 (up from 97.4); Manchester 521 (up from 517), with a rate of 94.2 (up from 93.5); and Oldham 246 (down from 249), with a rate of 103.7 (down from 105).
Rochdale has a seven day average of cases of 281 (down from 285), with a seven day rate of 126.3 (down from 128.1); Stockport 292 (up from 285), with a rate of 99.5 (up from 97.1), Tameside 272 (up from 263), with a rate of 120.1 (up from 116.1); Trafford 130 (down from 140), with a rate of 54.8 (down from 59); and Wigan 342 (up from 317), with a rate of 104.1 (up from 96.5).
There have been no new virus-related deaths announced by Salford Royal Hospital.
Meanwhile in the House of Commons this week, Salford and Eccles MP, Rebecca Long-Bailey, asked Matt Hancock, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he would authorise Salford to carry out more jabs to more cohorts...
"The Salford system has delivered the COVID vaccine in an unprecedented way" she said "Everyone from cohorts 1 to 9 has been invited at least once - some three or four times - and I understand that, even with the vaccine shortage and guaranteed second doses factored in, we will run out of people in cohorts 1 to 9 to give our current vaccine supply to.
"Will the Secretary of State authorise Salford to proceed to cohorts 10, 11 and 12 and begin to prioritise the vulnerable members in those age groups, so that we can maximise the doses we have?" she asked.
Hancock replied: "No. What everybody in Salford and around the country needs to do is make sure that every last effort is made to reach every last person in groups 1 to 9, because they are the most vulnerable. Only in exceptional circumstances should people under the age of 50 who are not in groups 1 to 9 be invited for vaccination.
"The message is incredibly clear and I speak very directly to the whole team, including in Salford: please put all your efforts in the forthcoming weeks into delivering vaccines for groups 1 to 9" he added.
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