NHS Highland area records two further positive tests for coronavirus
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TWO further cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the NHS Highland area overnight.
The number of people in the region who have tested positive for the coronavirus now stands at 322.
The figure comes against the backdrop of 141 new confirmed cases across Scotland as a whole. The nation has recorded 13,627 positive tests since the outbreak began, although the true number of cases is believed to be much higher.
Only five fatalities were recorded in the past 24 hours, as the total number of Scottish deaths from people who had tested positive rose to 1862.
The number of people across Scotland who were being treated in hospital for suspected or confirmed Covid-19 stood as 1453 last night – down 31 from the previous day.
There were two fewer patients in intensive care than at the same point on Sunday.
In the NHS Highland area there were nine people receiving treatment in hospital for Covid-19.
Elsewhere in the north, Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles maintained their recent run of days with no new cases.
In Grampian there were 28 new diagnoses, to take its running total to 1078. The number of people requiring treatment in its hospitals rose from 92 to 99, while the number of them in intensive care increased one to 11.
