Slight increase in Forth Valley Covid-19 cases

The figures released by the Scottish Government this afternoon show that there have been 917 positive tests across the region.

Of these, 14 are currently being treated in Forth Valley hospitals, two fewer than yesterday.

There are less than five patients with coronavirus being treated in Forth Valley Royal Hospital’s intensive care unit today. The government does not release the exact figure if it is below five.

A total of 101,713 people in Scotland have been tested through NHS labs to date. Of these, 86,612 were confirmed negative and 15,101 were positive.

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

Yesterday, 2886 tests carried out by NHS Scotland in hospitals, care homes or the community, making a total of 145,824 COVID-19 tests through NHS labs to date.

In addition, there were 1225 drive through and mobile tests carried out by the Regional Testing Centres in Scotland bringing the total to 50,470 tests to date.

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