Covid statistics show 511 cases in Caithness in latest seven-day period

There were 511 new Covid-19 cases in Caithness in the most recent seven-day period recorded by Public Health Scotland.

Among the county's seven neighbourhoods, Thurso West had the highest number of positive tests at 127 based on people tested for the virus between March 8 and 14. This gave Thurso West a seven-day rate per 100,000 population of 2776.

There were 101 positive tests in Caithness North West, 65 in Wick South, 63 in Caithness North East and 57 in Wick North.

Thurso East had 58 cases and there were 40 in Caithness South.

There were 94 positive tests in the Sutherland South neighbourhood, 70 in Sutherland East and 59 in Sutherland North and West.

Positive cases across the Highland local authority area from March 8-14 totalled 4481, with a seven-day positive rate per 100,000 population of 1903.3 for the region as a whole.

The Highland neighbourhood with the highest rate was Inverness Westhill (219 positive cases, seven-day rate of 3485).

Public Health Scotland's interactive dashboard has a map giving the number of cases in individual neighbourhoods throughout Scotland. Most neighbourhoods have between 2500 and 6000 residents.

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