Testing reveals more positive Covid-19 cases in Forth Valley

Latest figures issued this afternoon by the Scottish Government show that there have been 931 cases confirmed in the region since monitoring began.

This is an increase of three in the last 24 hours.

Nine people are currently being treated for coronavirus in Forth Valley’s hospitals – one fewer than yesterday.

The number in intensive care at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert remains below five. The government does not issue the exact figure if it is below five.

A total of 115,259 people in Scotland have been tested through NHS labs to date. Of these, 99,841 were confirmed negative and 15,418 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.

Yesterday, 2096 tests carried out by NHS Scotland in hospitals, care homes or the community, making a total of 171,745 COVID-19 tests through NHS labs to date.

In addition, there were 633 drive through and mobile tests carried out by the Regional Testing Centres in Scotland bringing the total to 59,649 tests to date.

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