COVID in Falkirk: Three more deaths recorded and region’s omicron cases top 1000

Falkirk has recorded another three COVID related deaths according to the latest figures published by the Scottish Government.
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The region recorded fewer losses than Fife (10) Edinburgh (8) or Glasgow (7) as the National Records of Scotland confirmed 72 deaths were registered that mentioned COVID-19 on the death certificate - an increase of 27 from the previous week.

The statistics were for the week commencing January 9.

The previous week saw Falkirk record zero deaths.

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Forth Valley has also confirmed over 1000 cases of the omicron variant.

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The figures showed a rise from 646 on December 31 to 1063 on January 5.

Pete Whitehouse, director of statistical services, said: “The latest figures show that last week there were 72 deaths where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate. This is 27 more deaths than the previous week.

“The number of deaths from all causes in Scotland in this week was 1,208, 13% lower than the five year average.”

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