More positive cases of Covid-19 recorded in Forth Valley

Three more positive cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Forth Valley in the last 24 hours.

The Scottish Government’s daily figures show that 1064 people in Forth Valley have now tested positive for Covid-19 since monitoring began.

There are currently less than five people being treated in hospital and fewer than five patients in the intensive care unit at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert.

A total of 248,381 people in Scotland have been tested to date. Of these, 230,168 were confirmed negative and 18,213 were positive.

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