One new Covid-19 case recorded in Forth Valley

The daily figures released by the Scottish Government this afternoon show there has been one new recorded case of Covid-19 in the health board area in the last 24 hours, bringing the total for Forth Valley to 947.

Yesterday (Sunday) the number had been sitting at 946 where it had been since Friday.

There are currently 12 patients being treated in hospital locally – two more than on Sunday – and there are less than five patients in the intensive care unit at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert with the virus.

Across Scotland over night there were only 18 new confirmed cases of Covid-19, and there were no new reported deaths of people who have tested positive.

A total of 127,204 people in Scotland have been tested through NHS labs to date. Of these, 111,565 were negative and 15,639 were positive.

However, the government has said this will be an underestimate of the number of cases.

Not everyone with the virus will display symptoms and not all those with symptoms will be tested.

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