No fresh positive tests for Covid-19 coronavirus recorded in NHS Highland area for the second day in a row

THE number of confirmed Covid-19 cases has remained unchanged in the Highlands for the second day in a row.

NHS Highland returned no fresh positive tests for the virus, against a backdrop of just a dozen new confirmed cases across Scotland as a whole.

However, while there were no fresh positive tests in the Highlands, the number of those with the virus who were being treated in the region's hospitals last night increased slightly – rising to nine from eight.

Nationally, there have been 15,665 positive tests for Covid-19 across Scotland since the outbreak began, of which 623 were being treated in hospital last night. Fifteen of those were in intensive care. This compared to 641 hospitalised cases and 15 intensive care patients 24 hours earlier.

The number of people who tested positive who subsequently died has increased by a dozen – rising to 2434. In the NHS Highland area, the overall death toll from confirmed or suspected Covid-19 now stands at 113 – up two from the last regional update a week ago.

In the far north of Scotland, there were again no positive tests in the Northern Isles or Outer Hebrides.

NHS Grampian also had no freshly-confirmed cases of the virus, while the number of peole being treated for the virus in its hospitals fell from 62 to 60.

NHS Tayside, meanwhile, accounted for half of Scotland's 12 new positive tests - with its overall total rising from 1679 to 1684. But the number of those in hospital fell, down from eight to seven.

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