Macclesfield: Here's your quick digest on COVID in our area this morning.

The weekly case total passed the 1500 threshold last week, and could reach 2000 cases per week by the end of the month if the current case rate increase continues.

Please find the figures for the amount of new positive tests in the Macclesfield area during the last seven days.

Wards Listed in Alphabetical Order with Cases for the Seven Days up to January 4

Brackets denote increase or decrease on cases from the point of seven days prior Bollington 180 (+31) Central Macclesfield 255 (+22) Gawsworth & Macclesfield Forest 178 (+33) Macclesfield Bolinbrook 152 (-13) Macclesfield East & Hurdsfield 182 (+20) Macclesfield South & Lyme Green 129 (+24) Macclesfield Tytherington 130 (+19) Macclesfield Weston 168 (+37) Macclesfield Upton Priory & Greenside 163 (+12) Prestbury & Adlington 77 (+11) This totals 1614 across the ten wards of Macclesfield Nub News covers, for the seven days up to January 4. There were 1418 cases for the seven days up to December 28, the point of the previous seven days. This is a difference of 196 more new cases across Macclesfield in a week, than there were on December 28. While we don't have the specific data for Macc yet, only five days prior, 1,104 of Cheshire East's 380,000 population new people had a confirmed positive test result reported on 9 January 2022. Across our areas local hospitals, four people with coronavirus went into hospital on 2 January 2022. These include Macclesfield District General Hospital, Congleton War Memorial Hospital and Knutsford and District Community Hospital. Specific numbers per hospital are unavailable for data protection reasons. Between 27 December 2021 and 2 January 2022, 31 went into hospital with coronavirus . This shows an increase of 40.9% compared to the previous 7 days. There were 41 patients in hospital with coronavirus on 4 January 2022, the most recent data variable. Just one coronavirus patient in a hospital bed used a mechanical ventilator on 4 January 2022. In good news, there were zero deaths within 28 days of a positive test for coronavirus reported on 9 January 2022. However, between 3 January 2022 and 9 January 2022, there have been 13 deaths within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test. This shows an increase of 62.5% compared to the previous seven days. Vaccination rate for Central Macclesfield residents over 12 and over is as follows: 1st dose - 83.6%

2nd dose - 78.5%

Booster or 3rd dose - 58.5% Vaccination data is of Saturday, January 8, 2022. You can book your coronavirus vaccine in Macclesfield here. Macclesfield: Have you signed up for our Friday weekly newsletter? It contains each week's top 10 Macclesfield news stories, and one FREE exclusive article? 1025 of you have signed up already. Simply enter your email address in the shaded box below or on this link. Free from pop-up ads, or unwanted surveys, Macclesfield Nub News is a quality online newspaper which produces 30-40 stories a week for our town. You can find us on Facebook and Twitter.