Coronavirus Ayrshire: Five deaths overnight as more than 200 battle Covid in hospital

direct to your inboxAnother 622 people have died with coronavirus in the UK's hospitals.A further 563 people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospital in England, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths reported in hospitals to 71,789, NHS England said on Sunday.Patients were aged between 24 and 99, NHS England added.

East Ayrshire.Officers from Police Scotland searched a property in Kilmarnock Road, Mauchline under warrant at around 2pm on Thursday, January 21.A quantity of cannabis was recovered along with money and other items.A 24-year old man has been arrested and charged in connection with the drugs recovery and he will appear at Ayr Sheriff Court at a later date.A report has been sent to the procurator fiscal.Chief Inspector Nathan Calderwood, of Ayrshire Police Division, said: "Tackling drug supply

Ayrshire has recorded a fresh spike in coronavirus hospital patient numbers in the past 24 hours. A total of 235 people are currently battling COVID-19 in NHS Ayrshire & Arran wards, Public Health Scotland data shows — a rise of six from yesterday.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterThere have been another 1,307 cases of Covid confirmed in Scotland as the nation's virus death toll endured another substantial rise today.Figures have been published by the Scottish Government this afternoon as part of its national COVID-19 daily briefing.A further 76 patients, including six from the NHS Ayrshire & Arran health board region, have died after contracting Covid which means 5,704

Ayrshire has won the prestigious Bucharest International Music Competition – after competing against top musicians from across the globe.East Ayrshire Council’s brass instructor Craig Anderson, who also teaches at the Royal Conservatoire and plays for orchestras across Scotland, formed Lomond Brass last summer when he sought fellow professional musicians to form a group to play the most difficult repertoire.The group consists of Chris Hart, principal trumpet at the RSNO, Scotland’s national

Ayrshire area has one of the highest coronavirus case rates in Scotland.The very latest data shows that the zone 'Crosshouse, Gatehead and Kilmaurs Rural' has a positive case rate of more than 800 per 100,000 in the last seven days.That's after the area recorded 37 cases in the 4,621 population in the past week.The high number of cases puts the zone among Scotland's worst hit Covid areas at the moment.The area is eighth-worst in Scotland at the moment.Another Ayrshire region - 'Girvan Ailsa' -

Scottish police fear losing the right to extradite serious criminals from many EU states, including Germany and Poland, as a result of Brexit.The UK assured the 27 remaining countries that it would continue to co-operate with them all if a UK citizen was wanted for a serious crime on the continent.But 13 of them resolved to refuse future extradition requests from the UK because of fears the human rights of their citizens would not be respected post-Brexit.Extradition was used in 2008 to bring

Ayrshire hospitals with the coronavirus has hit a new record high today.A total of 221 people were in hospital with confirmed coronavirus at midnight – up four from yesterday which itself was a record high at the time.Figures have been produced by the Scottish Government this afternoon as part of its national COVID-19 daily briefing.No new deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours which means Scotland's death toll remains at 5,305.However, data from the National Records of Scotland (NRS)

Covid-19 ward over Christmas Day and New Year says an Amazon oximeter saved her life.

challenging year in living memory” in 2020.He warned of a recession and jobs crisis caused by the pandemic “which will likely takes years to recover from”.Meanwhile Mairi Spowage, deputy director of the Fraser of Allander Institute economic think tank, said joblessness is likely to “rise significantly” when the UK Government’s furlough scheme is wound up at the end of April.The latest chambers of commerce report on the economy, covering the final three months of 2020, showed business confidence

NHS Ayrshire & Arran has recorded another 140 new coronavirus cases overnight.The region's total now stands at 10, 996.NHS Ayrshire & Arran Covid hospital patient numbers are down by seven to 194.But ICU numbers are back at a second wave high of 12.Latest 7-day case rates per 100,000 show that North Ayrshire is currently the worst-hit in the county (341.4) with East on 320.5 and South on 266.4.Across Scotland 1,877 new cases have been reported in the past 24 hours - a 10 per cent positivity

coronavirus in Scotland over the last 24 hours. The Scottish Government confirmed that a further 1,877 new positive cases of Covid-19 were reported overnight.

coronavirus deaths have been recorded in Scotland over the last 24 hours. The Scottish Government also announced that 1,865 new cases of COVID-19 were reported overnight, taking the total figure to 147,889.

Ayrshire have hit another new grim record high.