The number of asymptomatic people who tested positive for Covid-19 in one South Ayrshire town

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Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.The mass testing centre set-up in Covid-19 hotspot Johnstone flushed out 15 people who were positive. A total of 5,031 people who either live, work or attend school in the area got the test within Johnstone Town Hall .It was by far the biggest turnout among the eight pilot centres in Scotland.The 15 who tested positve all had no symptoms and were quickly told to isolate.The Public Health Scotland results

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  The 124 positive coronavirus cases in South Ayrshire between December 4 and December 10 in every neighbourhood: Alloway and Doonfoot - 8 Dalmilling - 3 Annbank, Mossblown and Tarbolton - 0-2 (suppressed) Holmston and Forehill - 11 Ayr North Harbour, Wallacetown and Newton South -6 Ayr South Harbour and Town Centre - 7 Carrick North - 4 Castlehill  and Kincaidston - 11 Coylton - 4 Craigie - 0-2 (suppressed) Maybole - 3 Newton North - 5 Prestwick East - 0-2 (suppressed) Barassie -

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Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.More than 5,000 people in Johnstone got themselves checked out for Covid-19 at the town's asymptomatic testing centre, it has been revealed.Renfrewshire Council piloted the country's first lateral flow test in a fixed location at Johnstone Town Hall between December 2 and 9 in a bid to find out more about residents and workers who were carrying coronavirus unknowingly.The quick and simple swab test - which

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