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At least 21 positive Covid cases in Caithness over latest seven-day period


By Alan Hendry

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There were at least 21 positive cases of Covid-19 in Caithness during the latest seven-day period covered by Public Health Scotland’s interactive dashboard.

The online resource has a map giving the number of positive cases in specific Scottish "neighbourhoods", seven of which are within Caithness.

The latest figures from the national agency show that Caithness North East and Thurso West each had seven positive cases during the period from December 28 to January 3, while there were four in Caithness North West and three in Wick North.

If a neighbourhood has fewer than three positive cases the number is presented as "0-2". The county's three other neighbourhoods – Caithness South, Thurso East and Wick South – all came into this category, meaning there could have been zero, one or two positive cases in each area.

The dashboard reported 502 positive cases in the Highland local authority area during the seven-day period. The region's seven-day positive rate per 100,000 population had risen to 212.9.

The Highland neighbourhoods with the highest number of positive cases from December 28 to January 3 were Inverness West Rural (76), Alness (46) and Invergordon (27).


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