PARTS of Tyldesley have rising rates of Covid-19, according to latest figures.

Tyldesley South now has the second-highest rates in Wigan borough, according to the latest government data covering the week up to December 7.

The infection rate has doubled to 719.3 cases per 100,000 people in Tyldesley South while in Tyldesley North the rolling rate has more than doubled to 517.8.

Shevington currently has the highest infection rate in Wigan with 744.4 cases per 100,000 people during the latest seven-day period – an 87.5 pc increase.

Lowton and Golborne has an infection rate above 400, as does Leigh South and Leigh East and Higher Folds, where the rolling rate has risen above 500.

However in parts of the Leigh area, the infection rate is as low as 265.4.

In Atherton, Tyldesley and Astley, the infection rate is above 400 cases per 100,000 with the exception of Atherton South West, where it is now 343.8.

The infection rate in Lowton is now 688.2 cases per 100,000 people, but in Lowton Common it dropped to 472, while in Golborne the rolling rate is 541.6.

Aspull and Red Rock has also seen a rise in Covid cases, giving it an infection rate at 485.8 while in New Springs, the rolling rate was 408.3 in that week.

In neighbouring Standish, the infection rate ranges between 400 and 600.

In Ince-in-Makerfield, the rolling infection rate increased by 50 pc to 447.9.

In central Wigan, the infection rate ranges between around 400 and 450, except for in Wigan East where there were 308.2 cases per 100,000 people.

So far, there have been four confirmed cases of the Omicron variant in Wigan borough with a further three probable cases identified, of which one was last week.

The borough has one of the highest uptakes of the vaccine in Greater Manchester with more than 80pc of the eligible population having had their first dose.