Nine new Covid-19 cases recorded in Forth Valley overnight

Nine new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Forth Valley overnight, according to the daily figures.

By Fiona Dobie

Published 15th Sep 2020, 17:46 BST

There were nine new cases in Forth Valley over night.

Data published by the Scottish Government on Tuesday showed the number of cases in the health board region since the outbreak began rose from 1230 to 1239 in the last 24 hour period.

In the last seven days there have been 26 new cases confirmed in Forth Valley.

These latest figures followed a day on Monday when just two new cases were recorded locally.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon had said the actual number of cases was likely higher than figures showed due to incomplete data as a result of a backlog with some test results.

Across Scotland on Tuesday, a further 267 people tested positive for coronavirus and one person who had tested positive died.

A total of 693,038 people have been tested to date, with 670,022 testing negative.

The Scottish Government has advised figures may be incomplete due to a backlog in the UK lab network.