Coronavirus: Lanarkshire records highest number of positive cases in a single day

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.More than 1400 people in Lanarkshire have tested positive for coronavirus in the last week.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed another 244 Covid-19 cases in the region at her daily press briefing this afternoon, taking the total for last week to 1406.The figure is a new weekly record for confirmed coronavirus cases in the region and includes the daily record of 306 set on Friday, October 9.Today

coronavirus in the last 24 hours across Scotland. The Scottish Government has released the latest figures which shows the total number of cases since the start of the pandemic in March is 38,998.

still has one of the highest infection rates in England after several outbreaks among the student population. One student told the Guardian a "Covid Positive" party in one halls of residence in Fallowfield was broken up by security on Saturday.

coronavirus linked to several deaths and 82 infections.The clusters are being probed at Redmill in East Whitburn, West Lothian, a residential home run by private firm HC1, and at Milford House in Edinburgh.NHS Lothian would only say there were fewer than five deaths, but the Record understands three residents have died.In Redmill Care Home, a total of 53 other residents and staff have been confirmed with Covid-19.

UK has recorded its highest ever daily increase of new coronavirus infections - almost doubling the previous 24 hour record.Department of Health officials revealed that 12,872 people has tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours on Saturday.The previous high came on Tuesday this week, when 7,143 were reported to have been infected with the virus.Health chiefs say that the new figure also includes infections that were previously missed from September 24.A total of 49 people died in all

Manchester Evening News reported how Fallowfield, an area with a high-population of students, had become the country's Covid-19 hotspot.All boroughs in Greater Manchester remain in the red alert zone for infection rates.There were a total of 648 cases recorded in the region today, down from 897 yesterday.Although the numbers have flattened over the past couple of days in eight of the region's boroughs, and are down in Bury and Bolton, the rates in Greater Manchester are still heading upwards as

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The First Minister added that of the new cases, the bulk were in the under 25 age group, which is likely to have been affected by university clusters in recent days.The latest figures come as a former chief medical officer of Scotland has said that Covid-19 could be back under control in the coming weeks if rules put in place are followed.Professor Sir Harry Burns, who served as Scotland’s top doctor between 2005 and 2014, urged people to follow new restrictions to curb the spread of the

East Kilbride Councillor Joe Fagan told the News yesterday that all three elected members attended a group meeting two weeks ago in person. But he insisted all precautions were taken and guidance strictly followed at all times with all those present at the meeting told to work from home, self-isolate and get tested if displaying even minor symptoms.However, he said it is a stark reminder that no one is immune from the virus with numbers on the rise.“The virus does not discriminate.

hereBolton still has the highest infection rate in Greater Manchester - 231.That's followed by Manchester (207) and Bury (193).The figures, for the seven days to September 25, are based on tests carried out in laboratories (pillar one of the Government's testing programme) and in the wider community (pillar two).The rate is expressed as the number of new cases per 100,000 people.Data for the most recent three days - September 26-28 - has been excluded as it is incomplete and likely to be

outbreak of 127 cases at Manchester Metropolitan University's Birley Campus and Cambridge Halls of Residence.

positive case with the total number of deaths remaining at 2,511. It comes yesterday after 558 new cases of Covid-19 were recorded across the country.

Household-to-household transmissions are behind the outbreak in Longsight and north Levenshulme, where 54 new cases were found in the week to September 20.

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Kingsway currently has the highest number of coronavirus infections in Rochdale.It recorded 33 cases during the week to September 19 according to the latest figures from Public Health England (PHE) - significantly higher than anywhere else in the borough.Back in June, it was one of the areas causing officials most concern as Rochdale battled the highest infection rates in Greater Manchester.

quickly rising in Bury.The town now has the second highest infection rate in Greater Manchester - second only to Bolton where the rate is 212.8.Bury recorded 173.3 cases per 100,000 people in the week ending September 20.More than 300 people in the borough tested positive for Covid-19 in just one week for the first time since the pandemic began.Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Tameside and Wigan all still have infection rates above 100.And the rate of infection is still rising in Stockport and

this interactive map reveals that Levenshulme is Manchester’s biggest hotspot with 79 cases recorded across three areas in the week ending September 17.