Further positive case of Covid-19 recorded in Forth Valley

A further positive case of coronavirus has been recorded in Forth Valley in the last 24 hours.

The new case takes the total of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the health board region to 1088 since the outbreak began.

It is the first positive case to be recorded since Monday’s daily figures from the Scottish Government.

Across Scotland there were 11 new confirmed cases over night and one Covid-19 related death.

The data shows there are currently less than five people in Forth Valley hospitals who have been confirmed as having Covid-19.

Seventeen patients in hospital are suspected as having the virus.

A total of 310,644 people in Scotland have been tested to date through NHS Scotland labs and the UK Government’s testing programme. Of these, 292,260 were confirmed negative and 18,384 were positive.

No Covid-19 related deaths in Falkirk for a second week

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