Coronavirus cases in South Lanarkshire drop by nearly a quarter - but Rutherglen remains at centre of crisis

link!In total, 34,171 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Lanarkshire and 1086 people have died after testing positive.Lanarkshire has been the worst affected region in Scotland by coronavirus with 5,162.6 cases and 164.1 deaths for every 100,000 residents.

link!Case numbers in the region are now at their lowest since the week beginning December 14 and the daily figure averaged less than 200 new cases a day last week for the first time in 2021.Overall, Covid-19 cases in Lanarkshire are now down by more than 50 per cent since the peak in the week beginning January 4 when 2353 were confirmed.

Rutherglen and Cambuslang remains at the epicentre of the crisis in South Lanarkshire after at least 126 cases were recorded last week - down 17 per cent.

Hamilton areaClydesdaleEast Kilbride and AvondaleDon't miss a thing from your area - sign up for the new Lanarkshire newsletter!From the latest breaking news to the agenda-setting stories, get it all in your email inbox.Put your email at the top of this article or follow the instructions on this link!Rutherglen and Cambuslang*Where a neighbourhood has fewer than three cases this is being presented as 0-2 to help protect patient confidentiality.

Hamilton area■ Ashgill and Netherburn - 10 (3.31 per 1,000)■ Blantyre North and Coatshill - 5 (1.7)■ Blantyre South and Wheatlands - 9 (2.1)■ Bothwell North - 12 (3.85)■ Bothwell South - 4 (1.19)■ Burnbank Central and Udston - 12 (2.61)■ Burnbank North - 10 (2.05)■ Burnbank South and Chantinghall - 5 (1.33)■ Earnock - 8 (1.98)■ Eddlewood - 14 (3.98)■ Fairhill - 5 (2.46)■ Glassford, Quarter and Allanton - 10 (2.32)■ Hamilton Centre and Low Parks - 12 (2.87)■ Hareleeshill - 10 (2.5)■ High Blantyre

Since the start of the outbreak last March there have been 3,199 overall.Across Scotland there were 1,429 cases reported yesterday taking the total since the start of the crisis to 163,762 There have been 78 deaths as a result of the virus since Friday and 5,305 overall.

Los Angeles county, which has become the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, has reached its grimmest milestone yet as officials confirm more than 1 million total cases of Covid-19.

Bolton has more than doubled in one week. A total of 73 cases were recorded in Breightmet North in the seven days up to January 11, according to data from Public Health England (PHE).It marks an increase of 39 cases on the previous week and leaves the area with an infection rate of 858 cases per 100,000 people.Gorse Hill area, in Stretford, and Moss Side West were the only areas in Greater Manchester to record a higher infection rate over the same period.

Ayrshire in a post-Christmas surge.The number of people being diagnosed with Covid has gone up by 30 per cent since Boxing Day last year, with cases rising at a rate of around 100 per week.On December 26 the number of positive cases recorded since the pandemic began was 8,771 by January 14 that number had risen to 11,560 - a total of 2,958 new cases.Boxing Day was the first day of a Tier 4 national lockdown, with tougher measures brought in on January 5 to deal with a faster spreading new

Texas became the second state to surpass the 2 million mark this week as the region experiences record-high coronavirus numbers in the month of January.The Lone Star State has now seen 2,040,751 confirmed cases of the virus since the pandemic started nearly a year ago, according to Johns Hopkins University data.

Florida surpassed 1.5 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 when approximately 15,000 new cases were identified Tuesday, according to the state Department of Health.

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – The increasing need for more substitute teachers to fill in for full-time teachers calling out sick, resigning or even protesting over in-school learning as coronavirus cases continue to rise across the country has pushed some school districts to temporarily relax qualification requirements.

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direct to your inboxThe Health Secretary has 'ruled out' removing childcare or support bubbles in a bid to combat spiralling coronavirus cases.Matt Hancock was speaking at a Downing Street press briefing this evening about efforts to keep the current spike of Covid-19 under control.There had been rumours that Number 10 was considering axing the bubbles to try and further reduce the number of interactions between households.But Mr Hancock said: "I can rule out removing the bubbles that we have in

direct to your inboxMore than 54,000 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours.A further 54,940 more tested positive in the UK as of 9am on Sunday, the government said.It brings the total number of cases in the UK to 3,072,349. The government also said a further 563 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 as of Sunday.

Arkansas this week hit a new record for the active number of coronavirus cases in the state, according to official estimates.  The state on Thursday reported some 25,984 active cases of COVID-19, an increase of 892 from the day prior.  Overall, Arkansas on Thursday has seen an estimated 245,916 cases of the novel virus, an increase of 3,323 from the day before.  Additionally, the virus has claimed some 3,926 lives in the state, per official estimates.  "It is critical that we all work together

Dozens of people who attended Christmas Eve services at a church in Woburn, Mass., a Boston suburb, have tested positive for COVID-19. At least 44 cases of the virus are linked to the services at Genesis Community Church, which held four services on Dec.