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Three more Covid-19 cases confirmed in NHS Highland area


By Philip Murray

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Three more Covid-19 cases have been confirmed in the NHS Highland area overnight, taking the region's tally to 228 since the outbreak began.

The figure came as Scottish cases climbed by another 197 to 10,521. A further 13 people confirmed as having Covid-19 have also passed away, taking the number of patients who have died after testing positive to 1262.

There was also a rise in the number of people being treated in Scottish hospitals for confirmed or suspected coronavirus. At midnight 1762 were receiving treatment, up from 1735 the previous day.

But there was more encouraging news in the NHS Highland area, as the number of people being treated in the region's hospitals fell again slightly to 48 from the previous day's 50.

Elsewhere in the north of Scotland, there were no new cases confirmed in the Western Isles, Orkney or Shetland.

NHS Grampian cases increased by 23 to 771. Its Covid-19 hospital patient numbers rose by two to 90.

There were also only 10 new diagnoses in NHS Tayside, which rose to 1261.

There were 2531 positive cases in Greater Glasgow and Clyde.


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