One fresh positive test for coronavirus reported in NHS Highland area
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ONE new positive test for Covid-19 has been recorded in the NHS Highland area in the past 24 hours.
The cumulative number of cases recorded in the region since the start of the pandemic rose to 389 when the latest daily update was published at 2pm.
Scotland as a whole recorded 65 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours.
The number of people requiring hospital treatment for the virus fell by five, to 253, in the past day.
And the number of people in intensive care was unchanged on three. The country's long run without any new deaths among people who tested positive for the virus also continued.
NHS Orkney recorded new cases of the virus for the second day running – having recorded none in almost two months before that.
It added two new positive tests overnight, to take its cumulative total since the start of the pandemic to 14.
Twenty-eight further positive tests were recorded in the NHS Grampian area in the past 24 hours, to take its overall total to 1787.