Number of registered coronavirus cases in Highlands moves above 150
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THREE more cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the Highlands, taking the region's total number of known cases to 151, new figures have shown.
Some 322 people have tested positive across the whole of Scotland since yesterday, taking the national total to 5912.
And 566 people have died across the country since the outbreak began, a rise of 24 on the same point yesterday.
In the Highlands, the number of people being treated in hospital with suspected or confirmed Covid-19 decreased from 55 to 53. And the number of people in intensive care increased by one to eight at midnight last night.
A total of 221 people were in intensive care across Scotland overnight.
Elsewhere in the north, NHS Grampian recorded another 30 positive tests, for an overall tally of 291. Its hospitals were also treating 91 people in hospital for the disease, with 14 receiving treatment in intensive care.
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