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At least eight positive Covid cases in Thurso and north-west Caithness over latest seven-day period


By Alan Hendry

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There were at least eight positive cases of Covid-19 in Thurso and the north-west of the county 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 Caithness North West had five positive cases during the period from December 20-26, while there were three in Thurso East.

If a neighbourhood has fewer than three positive cases the number is presented as "0-2". The five other Caithness neighbourhoods – Caithness North East, Caithness South, Thurso West, Wick North and Wick South – all came into this category for December 20-26, meaning there could have been zero, one or two positive cases in each area.

The dashboard reported 133 positive cases in the Highland local authority area during the seven-day period. The region's seven-day positive rate per 100,000 population stood at 56.4, compared with 26.7 the previous week.

The Highland neighbourhoods with the highest number of positive cases from December 20-26 were Dingwall (13) and Inverness Lochardil and Holm Mains (10).

Across NHS Highland, which covers a much bigger landmass than Highland Council, more than 2000 people have now tested positive for Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic after 152 new positive tests were added over the five-day Christmas period.

The Scottish Government's daily health board area updates were temporarily suspended after Christmas Eve, but resumed on Tuesday.

They revealed that the cumulative number of infections detected across the NHS Highland region since the start of the pandemic had risen from 1872 on Christmas Eve to 2024.

The breakdown of the figures over the festive break included daily increases of 34 on Christmas Day, 42 on Boxing Day, 25 on Sunday, another 27 on Monday and a further 34 on Tuesday.


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