Covid-19 update brings good news for Forth Valley

For the third day in a row there have been no positive Covid-19 cases reported in Forth Valley.
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Latest statistics issued this afternoon by the Scottish Government also reveal that the number of patients with the virus in the region’s hospital remains the same.

A total of 919 people in Forth Valley have tested positive since monitoring began.

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There are currently ten patients in the area’s hospitals with less than five of these in Forth Valley Royal’s intensive care unit.

The number of coronavirus patients being treated in Forth Valley has fallen in recent daysThe number of coronavirus patients being treated in Forth Valley has fallen in recent days
The number of coronavirus patients being treated in Forth Valley has fallen in recent days

A total of 111,085 people in Scotland have been tested through NHS labs to date. Of these, 95,758 were confirmed negative and 15,327 were positive.

However, the government has said this will be an underestimate of the number of cases as not everyone with the virus will display symptoms and not all those with symptoms will be tested.

Of the people who have tested positive, 3640 inpatients have been discharged from hospital since March 5; 769 were in hospital last night; 25 of whom were in intensive care, with another 15 with suspected Covid-19 in intensive care.

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Yesterday, 4235 tests carried out by NHS Scotland in hospitals, care homes or the community, making a total of 163,762 COVID-19 tests through NHS labs to date.

In addition, there were 1237 drive through and mobile tests carried out by the Regional Testing Centres in Scotland bringing the total to 57,349 tests to date.

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