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Challenge for health bosses as Trafford coronavirus rates suffer major spikes - while residents abandon masks

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Greater Manchester residents are abandoning face masks despite the spiralling coronavirus rates in some areas of the region, as health bosses hope precautionary measures adopted over the weekend will be ‘sufficient’ to curtail the spread.

Trafford has seen its Covid-19 rates almost double in the last two weeks, clocking in with the highest infection rate in the country at 832.6 cases per 100,00 people in the week ending October 7.

The main group affected by the spike is school age children. The coronavirus rate among 10-14-year-olds is more than 3,000 - around one in 30 youngsters testing positive in just one week alone. READ MORE:'People are just getting on with it - we've been trapped in long enough': Trafford reacts to UK's highest

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