Two fresh Covid-19 coronavirus cases detected across NHS Highland area
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TWO more cases of Covid-19 were confirmed across the NHS Highland area in the past 24 hours.
The cumulative number of known infections across the region since the start of the pandemic rose from 5153 to 5155 when the latest figures were released.
There were 236 new positive tests for Covid-19 across Scotland in the past 24 hours. This was equivalent to 1.2 per cent of all tests carried out during that period.
Sixty-eight people were receiving treatment for the virus in Scotland’s hospitals last night – up 10.
Of those, eight were in intensive care. This was a fall of three from Thursday.
Sadly one further death has been reported among people who tested positive for the virus in the previous 28 days.
Meanwhile, elsewhere in the north of Scotland, NHS Shetland, NHS Orkney and NHS Eileanan Siar all went another day without any new positive tests.
NHS Grampian’s total number of confirmed cases rose by 34, to 15,138.
And there were seven new infections across NHS Tayside, which now has a rolling tally of 14,719.
There have been 227,248 confirmed Covid-19 cases in Scotland since the pandemic first began.
Almost 2.88 million Scots have now received their first Covid vaccination jag, while more than 1.42 million have received their second.
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