Positive cases of Covid-19 rise in Forth Valley

After four days of no increase in positive cases recorded in Forth Valley, there have been two new cases confirmed in the last 24 hours.

The Scottish Government’s daily figures had shown the number of positive cases in the health board area had remained the same at 948 since Tuesday.

However, over night there have been two more positive cases reported, taking the total to 950 since the outbreak began.

The number of people being treated for Covid-19 in hospital is currently seven – the same as on Friday – and there are still less than five people in the intensive care unit at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert.

The Scottish Government will not give an exact number of those in intensive care if it is fewer than five.

In the last 24 hours there were 21 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 throughout Scotland.

The deaths of five people who had tested positive for the virus have been recorded over night.

A total of 136,146 people in Scotland have been tested through NHS labs to date.

Of these, 120,416 were negative and 15,730 were positive.

However, the government has said this will be an underestimate of the number of cases as not everyone with the virus will display symptoms, and not all those with symptoms will be tested.

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