Sixteen fresh cases of Covid-19 coronavirus recorded across NHS Highland
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SIXTEEN further Covid-19 infections have been detected across the NHS Highland area in the past 24 hours.
The region’s cumulative number of confirmed cases rose from 4851 to 4867 when the latest daily update was published on Monday afternoon.
The number of people being treated for the virus in NHS Highland hospitals stood at 11 last night – which was unchanged from Sunday’s update.
Elsewhere, there were 456 newly-confirmed cases of Covid-19 across Scotland in the past 24 hours – or 4.7 per cent of all tests carried out during that period.
Some 447 people were receiving treatment for the virus in Scottish hospitals last night – a fall of 14 from the previous day.
Of these, 40 were in intensive care. This was unchanged from the last update.
And no deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours, although this figure is often lower at the start of a week due to registry offices being closed at weekends.
Meanwhile, elsewhere in the north of Scotland, there were no new cases overnight in either NHS Orkney or NHS Eileanan Siar, but one additional positive test was recorded in NHS Shetland, which has now detected 214 cases since the start of the pandemic.
NHS Grampian’s overall total rose to 13,846 – an increase of 18 from yesterday.
And there were 37 newly-confirmed infections in NHS Tayside, which now has a cumulative tally of 13,615.
A further 20,294 people received their first Covid-19 vaccination injection in the 24 hours up to 8.30am on Monday. And 1907 received their second jag during the same period.
There have now been 210,008 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across Scotland since the start of the pandemic a year ago.
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