Two new Covid-19 cases reported in NHS Highland area
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ONLY six people were in hospital in the NHS Highland area receiving treatment for Covid-19 last night.
The news came as the Scottish Government provided its daily update over coronavirus infections across the country.
The NHS Highland area reported two new cases of the virus in the past 24 hours, to take the region's tally to 324 since records began.
The number of people receiving hospital treatment for suspected or confirmed Covid-19 fell from nine to six over the same period.
Across Scotland as a whole, there were 136 newly confirmed cases of coronavirus, taking the overall total to 13,763.
There were 50 further deaths among people who had tested positive for the illness – making it 1912 since the outbreak began.
The number of people receiving treatment in Scottish hospitals for confirmed Covid-19 fell slightly to 1131, but when suspected cases were added to that total the country reported an increase from 1453 to 1618 in the past 24 hours.
The Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland's run of days without newly confirmed cases continued.
NHS Grampian recorded 24 new cases, to pass the 1100 mark at 1102. However, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 in that region remained static at 99 – as too did the number of those in intensive care (11).
