Forth Valley's coronavirus cases continue to rise

The number of people in Forth Valley testing positive for coronavirus continues to rise.
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Latest figures released this afternoon by the Scottish Government show NHS Forth Valley has carried out 562 positive tests.

This is an increase of 20 in the last 24 hours and almost 100 up on this time last week.

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The number of people being treated in hospital who have tested positive or are suspected to have Covid-19 is also up slightly to 91, a rise of two since yesterday.

Number of coronavirus patients in hospital continue to riseNumber of coronavirus patients in hospital continue to rise
Number of coronavirus patients in hospital continue to rise

However, the number being treated in intensive care remains at less than five – the Scottish Government does not release the figure if it is below five.

Across Scotland 41,699 have been tested.

Of these, 33,027 were confirmed negative and 8672 were positive.

Of those who tested positive 985 have died, a rise of 70.