The number of people in Oldham who have tested positive for coronavirus has risen over the last week, but remains around the national average.

Data released up until Sunday shows 112 people tested positive for the virus, putting the total of the last week up to 687, which was an increase of 243.

The figures mean that since the pandemic began 17,214 people in the town have tested positive for the virus.

Figures also showed there had been 17 deaths in the area in the previous week, an increase six from the week before.

As well as this there were 120 people admitted to hospital from Oldham with the virus during this time, a rise of 2.6 per cent. Four hundred and fifty-eight have died from the virus in the town, or 193.2 per 100,000.

The only areas of England with a higher death rate as a share of the population are Sunderland, Wigan, Havering, Doncaster, Bury, Blackpool, Barnsley, Rotherham and Rochdale.

But the total number for those who now have the virus is believed to be 74.5 per 100,000, which is around the UK average.

The total amount of daily cases peaked in November 2 at 409. However the total amount of case fell to 59 by the time the country came out of the circuit break lockdown on December 2.

Oldham was believed to have the highest infection rate in the country in August when it was believed the area might be forced into a stricter lockdown than large parts of the rest of the country. But this was avoided but extra measures were put in place around social mixing.