Positive Covid-19 cases in Forth Valley pass 1100 since outbreak began

The number of positive cases of coronavirus in Forth Valley since the outbreak began has now passed 1100.

Saturday’s daily figures released by the Scottish Government show there have now been 1102 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the health board region.

Today’s data shows a further two cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours.

Prior to this latest increase, the numbers locally have risen by one case per day since Wednesday.

The news comes as Scotland has recorded a total of 60 newly confirmed cases since Friday.

On Wednesday, lockdown restrictions were reintroduced in Aberdeen following a cluster of cases being recorded.

Of today’s 60 new positive cases, 39 of them are in the NHS Grampian area, but it is not yet known how many of these are linked to the cluster.

The daily figures show that across Scotland, a total of 390,775 people have been tested since the start of the outbreak.

Of these, 371,825 were confirmed negative and 18,950 were positive.

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