Highland coronavirus cases reach triple figures after three new positive tests took the confirmed Covid-19 total to 102
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CONFIRMED coronavirus cases in the Highlands reached triple figures overnight – after three further people tested positive for Covid-19.
The news means that the NHS Highland area now has 102 confirmed cases, although health experts have warned that the true figure will likely be much higher.
The number who have tested positive across Scotland as a whole is now just shy of 4000, at 3961. The figure is up 255 on yesterday. More than 24,000 people have been tested.
The number of people who have died now stands at 222 – up two on the same point yesterday – although the Scottish Government has warned that the introduction of a new process for reporting Covid-19 deaths means that number "may not be fully representative of developments at the weekend" and will likely lead to a jump when some of those figures are added in a day or so.
Elsewhere in the north of Scotland, the number of cases in the NHS Grampian area rose by 15 to 209, while cases remained static in Shetland (41), Orkney (4) and Eileanan Siar (4). NHS Tayside has 499 confirmed cases – a rise of 42.
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