Widespread fly-tipping issues in Perth and Kinross are set to be eased as household waste recycling centres are expected to reopen in the region next month.
29.04.2020 - 15:19 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Nearly 40 people in Perth and Kinross have now died from COVID-19.
The latest statistics from the National Records of Scotland show 38 deaths recorded in the region up until Sunday, April 26 had the coronavirus listed on the death certificate.
That is an increase of 13 in a week from 25 on April 19.
The data, released earlier today, shows eight of the deaths were in care homes with a further four at home or in a non-instituation setting.
Twenty-six of the deaths were in hospital.
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Widespread fly-tipping issues in Perth and Kinross are set to be eased as household waste recycling centres are expected to reopen in the region next month.
People living in poverty in Scotland are more than twice as likely to die from coronavirus than those in affluent areas, shock new figures reveal.
There were 15 coronavirus deaths in North Lanarkshire in the past week.
The number if deaths in Perth and Kinross linked to the coronavirus is now over 50.
A further six people in Dumfries and Galloway have lost their lives to the coronavirus pandemic in the past seven days.
One of the world’s top infectious diseases experts has compared scientists who predict the spread of Covid-19 to stock market traders.
Perthshire councillors are urging the Scottish Government to swiftly release a portion of its £155 million relief fund to aid cash-strapped Perth and Kinross Council.
Young people in Perth and Kinross have had their lives “turned upside down” by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a youth leader in the region.
Coronavirus deaths in South Lanarkshire fell by more than a quarter last week to 37.
Councillor Eric Drysdale will remain as chair of the Perth and Kinross Integration Joint Board (IJB), which controls the health and social care partnership, until autumn 2021.
Over 40 people in Perth and Kinross have now died from COVID-19.
A total of 192 Ayrshire and Arran residents have died as a result of contracting coronavirus.
Ayrshire has reported another increase in positive coronavirus cases today.
Nearly half of coronavirus deaths in South Lanarkshire are in care homes shocking new figures have revealed.
The number of new fatal coronavirus cases in hospitals has fallen to 368 in England, Scotland and Wales.
A dad who was on a ventilator for 14 days while he battled coronavirus has thanked healthcare heroes for saving his life.
The children’s activity centres (CACs) in Perth and Kinross opened in March to help key workers carry out their vital duties in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
The First Minister has revealed that the magnitude of Covid-19 is sometimes overwhelming.
A councillor has suggested the leader of the local authority ought to “seriously consider his position” after two colleagues he accused of breaching a code of conduct were cleared by investigators.