The number of people with Coronavirus across Greater Manchester is now 24 as the first case was confirmed this afternoon in Rochdale.
Andrea Fallon, director of public health at Rochdale council, said: “We have received confirmation of the first COVID-19 case in the borough of Rochdale.
“The case is a resident who became infected after coming into contact with another positive case outside our borough.
“The person has been taken to a specialist NHS infection centre.
“Due to patient confidentiality, further information cannot be provided about this case.
“Close contacts will be given health advice about symptoms and emergency contact details to use if they become unwell in the 14 days after contact with the confirmed case.
Meanwhile the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the UK has now reached 460, after the biggest rise in a single day.
Six patients with coronavirus have died in hospitals in the UK – the latest was a man in his early 80s in Watford who had underlying health conditions.
