New figures show 20 positive Covid tests in Thurso West

There were 20 positive tests for Covid-19 in Thurso West during the latest seven-day period recorded by Public Health Scotland.

The figures were based on people tested from January 16-22.

The national agency's interactive dashboard has a map giving the number of positive cases in specific Scottish neighbourhoods, seven of which are in Caithness.

If a neighbourhood has fewer than three positive cases the number is presented as "0-2".

The county's six other neighbourhoods – Caithness North East, Caithness North West, Caithness South, Thurso East, Wick North and Wick South – all came into this category based on tests from January 16-22, meaning there could have been zero, one or two positive cases in each.

There were five positive cases in Sutherland South, with a figure of 0-2 for both Sutherland East and in Sutherland North and West.

The dashboard reported 188 positive cases in the Highland local authority area during the seven-day period. The region's seven-day positive rate per 100,000 population was 79.7.

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