A further 2,086 new Covid cases have been confirmed in Scotland as the nation's death toll from the virus increased by 19.
Figures have been published by the Scottish Government and Public Health Scotland this afternoon as part of the national Covid-19 daily briefing.
Nationally, there are 543 patients being treated in hospital which is up 28 from yesterday. There are currently 47 people with the disease being treated in ICU.
The number of newly-reported positive coronavirus cases recorded by NHS Ayrshire & Arran has risen by 90 to 22,834.
Of the new cases, 30 were from East Ayrshire and 30 were attributed to North Ayrshire. There were 29 new cases in South Ayrshire.
A total of 323,288 positive tests have now been recorded from 2.372 million tests carried out since the start of the pandemic.
According to Public Health Scotland's rolling seven-day infection rate per 100,000 population, Midlothian has the highest infection rate in the country – at 637.0 as of Wednesday, July 14.
The second-highest is Dundee City which has a rate of 514.3 while Angus (442.3) has the third-highest rate.
Locally, North Ayrshire's infection rate stands at 207.8 with East Ayrshire at 188.5. South Ayrshire's is 182.9.
Currently, 16 of Scotland's 32 council regions have an infection rate below the national average of 319.8.
7-day infection rate per 100,000 population for each council area...
59.9 Na h-Eileanan Siar
112.2 Dumfries & Galloway
113.4 Shetland Islands
143.7 Orkney Islands
146.1 Moray
154.9 Argyll & Bute
166.9 Clackmannanshire
182.9 South Ayrshire
188.5 East Ayrshire
200.6 Highland
203.7 Aberdeenshire
207.8 North Ayrshire
220.8 Scottish Borders
242.0 Stirling
242.7 South Lanarkshire
293.6 East Dunbartonshire
313.9 Falkirk
319.2 Aberdeen City
332.3 Perth & Kinross
332.8 Fife
339.2 West Lothian
343.4 Renfrewshire
364.3 West Dunbartonshire
366.8 North Lanarkshire
373.9 Glasgow City
383.1 East Renfrewshire
418.3 East Lothian
430.2 City of Edinburgh
430.6 Inverclyde
442.3 Angus
514.3 Dundee City
637.0 Midlothian
Those 19 further deaths have been announced in the last 24 hours which means 7,791 people have passed away since March 2020.
However, data from the National Records of Scotland (NRS) shows 10,220 deaths had been registered up to Sunday, July 11 where the disease was mentioned on the death certificate.
Across the UK, the figure is 128,530 as of last night.
There are 16 patients being treated for the disease in Ayrshire hospitals, which is up two on yesterday, and fewer than five in ICUs.
Nationally, a total of 3,956,549 people have received the first dose of a Covid vaccine and 2,927,130 have received their second dose.
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