Eleven new cases of Covid-19 reported by NHS Highland
ELEVEN new cases of Covid-19 were detected in the NHS Highland area in the past 24 hours – the biggest single-day increase in the region since June.
There have now been 432 confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the health board area since the start of the pandemic.
The sharp rise in cases came after a cluster of infections linked to an abattoir in Grantown-on Spey . Twenty-nine of the cluster's 31 confirmed cases are linked to Millers of Speyside.
Meanwhile, there were 101 newly confirmed cases of Covid-19 recorded across Scotland in the past 24 hours – taking the cumulative number of cases in the country to 20,889.
One further person who tested positive has died.
The number of people in hospital increased marginally, up one to 259, and those receiving intensive care treatment fell by one, to four.
Elsewhere in the north of Scotland, there were no new cases of Covid-19 detected in Orkney, Shetland or the Western Isles.
NHS Grampian reported six new cases to take its cumulative tally to 1948.