Coronavirus update: Slight rise in cases in NHS Grampian

Scotland saw 221 (199) positive cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours which equated to 1.6 (2.4) per cent of those tested.

There were three deaths reported in the last 24 hours with Covid as a contributing factor.

The NHS Greater Glasgow area saw 95 (67) cases and Lanarkshire 51 (28).

NHS Grampian saw 17 cases (13) while NHS Highland saw one (nine).

The NHS Grampian area recorded 161 cases in the last seven days taking the overall total to 14,666.

Public Health Scotland's most up to date figures cover the seven days between April 4 and April 10 and show Aberdeenshire recorded 49 cases which equated to 0.9 per cent of all tests carried out and a positive test rate of 18.8 per 100,000 population.

For the same time period, Aberdeen City saw 70 cases equating to 1.4 per cent of all tests and a positive test rate of 30.6 per 100,000.

In the daily area figures Stonehaven South and North were showing the highest case numbers in Aberdeenshire.

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