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Daniel Morrow

Coronavirus infection rates for your area as cases soar in East Renfrewshire and Midlothian

Public health officials have released data on the latest coronavirus infection rates for every local authority area in Scotland.

Glasgow posted the highest rate of infection over the past week, with the seven-day positive rate soaring to 104.6 per 100,000 people.

The Scottish Government has increased testing and accelerated the vaccine rollout in the most affected areas, with over 18s in the south of the city now being offered the jab.

It is hoped that the measures will be able to stop the spread of the virus and get the city down to level two lockdown along the majority of the mainland.

Testing is being ramped up in the south of Glasgow amid concerns over the so-called Indian variant of the virus (PA)

Moray also missed out on the scheduled easing of restrictions as case numbers remained at a high.

However, the latest data reveals that the number of infections has fallen below the level two threshold - with the area reporting a seven day positivity rate of 48 per 100,000.

There is concern over rising infection rates in East Renfrewshire and Midlothian.

Both level two areas have seen case numbers rise above the threshold set out by the Scottish Government for the restrictions in place.

There is concerns that East Renfrewshire and Midlothian could fall back into level three lockdown (Garry F McHarg Daily Record)

Government officials are expected to review the coronavirus restrictions by the end of this week.

Here is the seven-day positivity rate per 100,000 for each local authority area in Scotland for the week between from May 9 to May 15.

Glasgow City - 104.6

East Renfrewshire - 94.2

Midlothian - 57.3

South Lanarkshire - 48.4

Moray - 48.0

East Dunbartonshire - 46.0

Fife - 39.1

North Lanarkshire - 35.7

Stirling - 30.8

City of Edinburgh - 27.6

Perth and Kinross - 27.0

Renfrewshire - 26.8

North Ayrshire - 26.7

Falkirk - 25.5

Clackmannanshire - 25.2

West Lothian - 23.5

East Ayrshire - 21.3

South Ayrshire 16.9

Aberdeen City - 16.6

Aberdeenshire 16.1

Inverclyde - 15.4

Dundee City - 12.7

East Lothian 10.3

West Dunbartonshire - 9.0

Orkney Islands - 9.0

Angus - 8.6

Na h-Eileanan Siar - 7.5

Highland - 6.4

Scottish Borders - 4.3

Dumfries and Galloway - 3.4

Argyll and Bute - 1.2

Shetland - 0.0

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