Covid infections in Renfrewshire at lowest level in nine months

death toll since last March – of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days – remains the same at 7,666. There are currently 83 people in hospital confirmed to have the virus with four being treated in intensive care.

pandemic news will be dominated by Boris Johnson’s former adviser, Dominic Cummings. The aide is poised to give potentially damning testimony on the UK government’s handling of coronavirus, and particularly the decision to delay lockdown last September, when he appears in front of a joint session of the Commons Health and Science committees.

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East Kilbride who say the debilitating after-effects brought their lives to a standstill.Every adult who has tested positive for coronavirus in Scotland is to be invited to take part in the study into the effects of the virus.Researchers hope to identify how many people continue to be unwell after having the virus.Head over to our new Lanarkshire Live Facebook page to make sure you're up to date with the top stories in the region The Covid in Scotland Study (CISS) will ask people what their

covid deaths and 370 new cases overnight. It means the death toll since last March – of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days – remains the same at 7,664.There are currently 81 people in hospital confirmed to have the virus with four being treated in intensive care.The total number of positive cases since the pandemic hit stands at 231,282.To date 3,096,341 people have received their first vaccination with 1,799,956 having a second jab.

Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.Families living in Barrhead and Neilston will remain under Level 2 restrictions, it has been revealed.Scotland’s First Minister confirmed this afternoon that East Renfrewshire would not be given Level 3 status as widely expected.Nicola Sturgeon said the current covid infection rate of 118 cases per 100,000 of population was largely confined to household clusters of the virus.The smaller population of

First Minister made the announcement at a media briefing in Edinburgh today where she also announced Glasgow would remain at Level 3 for now.

Perth and Kinross recorded its first COVID death since April last week. Official figures from the National Records of Scotland showed six deaths across the country had the coronavirus on the certificate between May 10 and May 16.

Public health officials have released data on the latest coronavirus infection rates for every local authority area in Scotland. Glasgow posted the highest rate of infection over the past week, with the seven-day positive rate soaring to 104.6 per 100,000 people.

covid deaths and 268 new cases in Scotland in the last 24 hours.

covid cases in the area on the outskirts of Glasgow have been "very swift" and that the situation was being monitored by the Scottish Government. The city of Glasgow currently sits at 94.5 cases which breaches the 50 cases per 100,000 benchmark for moving down to Level Two lockdown restrictions.

covid cases in the area on the outskirts of Glasgow have been "very swift". He added that the situation was being monitored by the Scottish Government.

Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox.Nicola Sturgeon has announced that the city of Glasgow will remain in level three for another week after a spike in covid infection cases.She said there is evidence suggesting the outbreak, concentrated in the south side of the city, is being driven by so-called Indian variant.Glasgow, like most of the country, was due to go to level 2 on Monday.Going to this level would have meant pubs being able to

coronavirus in the last 24 hours. The latest figures for Scotland showed that 270 new cases had been identified overnight, bringing the total number since the pandemic began to 228,693.

coronavirus in the last 24 hours. The latest figures for Scotland showed that 345 new cases had been identified overnight, bringing the total number since the pandemic began to 228,423.

coronavirus alert level has been downgraded as the number of deaths and hospitalisations continues to fall across the country. All of the country’s Chief Medical Officers (CMOs) agreed to move Scotland and the rest of the UK from level four to level three earlier today.

coronavirus in the last 24 hours. The latest figures for Scotland showed that 168 new cases had been identified overnight.

coronavirus in the last 24 hours. The latest figures for Scotland showed that 200 new cases had been identified overnight.

coronavirus in the last 24 hours. The latest figures for Scotland showed that 224 new cases had been identified overnight.