BREAKING: Dumfries and Galloway confirmed coronavirus case numbers for May 21

Ayrshire was one of the first health boards to receive a positive COVID-19 test.March 4 - the date of the first case in the region - seems like a distant memory now with cases now sitting at 1080 today.What has the virus done at a local level and how does the region compare with the rest of Scotland's health boards?Deaths per 10,000 of populationAyrshire has the third-worst COVID-19 death rate in Scotland.The region has seen 7.5 per 10,000 deaths with only Greater Glasgow and Clyde (10.7) and

Ayrshire is continuing to slow down, new figures show.

A Rutherglen business has been “kicked in the teeth” by South Lanarkshire Council after being refused vital funding to help it cope with the coronavirus collapse.

No new confirmed cases of coronavirus have been reported in Ayrshire for the first time during the pandemic.

Scotland has recorded just one more coronavirus death and 18 new cases as the nation continues in its quest to reduce transmission of the deadly illness.

West Lothian has backed national calls on the Scottish Government to release extra funds given by Westminster.

Attacks on emergency services staff have increased according to Police Scotland figures.

There are no new cases of coronavirus in Dumfries and Galloway.

A fresh call has been made to deal with the “chronic” problem of bed-blocking in the region’s hospitals.

A total of 3,779 people have died of confirmed or suspected coronavirus in Scotland.

Cops have issued an urgent appeal to find a "high-risk" man who has been missing since this morning.

A taxi driver had a lucky escape after a massive tree blew down on top of his car in Edinburgh.

A call for the region’s historic Riding of the Marches to be officially acknowledged by the Scottish Government as “culturally significant” has been welcomed by organisers.

A coffee company has brewed up a partnership with a national charity.

Two Dumfries and Galloway politicians have been slammed over their “shameful” decision to vote against a bid to protect the farming sector from sub-standard food imports.

A further six people in Dumfries and Galloway have lost their lives to the coronavirus pandemic in the past seven days.

Two men have been arrested after a six-figure sum of drugs was recovered from cars in Dumfries and Galloway.