A further 2,459 people in Scotland have been diagnosed with Covid, it has been confirmed.
Figures have been published this afternoon by the Scottish Government and Public Health Scotland (PHS) as part of the national Covid-19 daily briefing.
Nationally, there are 869 patients being treated in hospital which is up 12 from yesterday. There are currently 46 people with the disease being treated in ICUs.
The number of newly-reported positive coronavirus cases recorded by NHS Ayrshire & Arran has risen by 163 to 43,316.
Of the new cases, 63 were from North Ayrshire, 58 in East Ayrshire and 42 attributed to South Ayrshire.
A total of 612,416 positive tests have now been recorded from 3.331 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, Clackmannanshire has the highest rate in the country – at 489.4 as of Monday, October 18.
Stirling has the second-highest infection rate at 461.3 while West Lothian is third with 451.5.
In terms of Ayrshire's local authorities, East Ayrshire's rate is 398.0 and it is 350.1 in North Ayrshire. South Ayrshire's is 289.8.
A total of 14 of Scotland's 32 council regions have an infection rate below the national average of 315.1.
7-day infection rate per 100,000 population for each council area...
91.8 Shetland Islands
125.0 Orkney Islands
143.4 Na h-Eileanan Siar
208.1 Highland
227.3 Dumfries & Galloway
231.0 Inverclyde
237.7 Glasgow City
237.9 City of Edinburgh
247.5 Perth & Kinross
254.4 Midlothian
254.5 Aberdeen City
255.2 Argyll & Bute
289.8 South Ayrshire
295.4 West Dunbartonshire
323.9 Moray
326.2 East Lothian
335.9 Angus
338.3 East Renfrewshire
341.2 Renfrewshire
344.5 Scottish Borders
350.1 Aberdeenshire / North Ayrshire
354.0 East Dunbartonshire
355.5 Dundee City
356.5 North Lanarkshire
358.1 South Lanarkshire
398.0 East Ayrshire
421.5 Fife
424.8 Falkirk
451.5 West Lothian
461.3 Stirling
489.4 Clackmannanshire
There have been 24 deaths in the last 24 hours which means 8,954 people have passed away since March 2020.
However, data from the National Records of Scotland (NRS) shows 11,262 deaths had been registered up to Sunday, October 10 where the disease was mentioned on the death certificate.
Across the UK, the figure is 138,629 as of last night.
There are 118 patients being treated for the disease in Ayrshire hospitals, which is a reduction of one on yesterday, and seven in ICUs, which is down one from yesterday.
Nationally, a total of 4,291,650 people have received the first dose of a Covid vaccine and 3,881,744 have received their second dose.
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