Forth Valley records two new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in last six days

One case of coronavirus has been confirmed and recorded in Forth Valley in the last 24 hours.

The latest daily figures from the Scottish Government show there have now been 1099 positive cases recorded in the health board region since the outbreak began.

That’s an increase of one since Wednesday, and this rise follows another single case rise the previous day.

Prior to these two increases there had been no new confirmed cases locally since last Friday.

The news comes as Scotland saw an increase of 66 new positive cases over night.

A cluster of coronavirus cases in Aberdeen has seen lockdown restrictions reintroduced in the area.

Across Scotland a total of 381,471 people have been tested since the outbreak began.

Of these people 362,624 were confirmed negative and 18,847 were positive.

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