NHS Highland area goes three days without any fresh positive tests for coronavirus
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THREE days have now passed since the most recently confirmed case of Covid-19 in the NHS Highland area.
The region's cumulative number of cases since the start of the pandemic remained at 383 when the latest daily update was posted this afternoon.
Twenty-three new positive tests for Covid-19 were reported across Scotland in the past 24 hours.
The number of people in Scotland's hospitals receiving treatment last night was up marginally on the same point the previous day – increasing from 265 to 270.
However, the number of people in intensive care remained unchanged on four, and there were again no new fatalities recorded among people who have tested positive for the coronavirus.
NHS Grampian, which has experienced a hotspot of new cases in recent days, added another 15 confirmed infections in the past 24 hours – almost two-thirds of all of Scotland's new diagnoses in that time window.
Since the NHS Highland area reported its latest fresh case there have been almost 40 cases reported in Grampian.
Elsewhere in the north of Scotland there were no fresh cases, however, with Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles all reporting no change in their number of cumulative cases.
