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Daily Record
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Stephen Bark

Coronavirus: Lanarkshire records lowest daily total for almost seven months

New coronavirus cases in Lanarkshire fell by almost a third last week.

The Scottish Government today confirmed there had been another 28 cases recorded in the county yesterday - the lowest daily tally since September 14, last year.

As a result, there were 333 positive tests in the region last week, which is a drop of 29.7 per cent on the previous week.

Covid-19 cases in the region are now at their lowest level for almost seven months after numbers fell for the second week in succession and the 10th time in 2021.

Across Scotland, 199 new positive test were confirmed last week as case numbers continue to fall.

Overall, Covid-19 cases in Lanarkshire are down by 85 per cent since the new year peak in the week beginning January 4, when 2353 were confirmed.

Deaths from coronavirus are also continuing to fall with two recorded in Lanarkshire this month.

Last week, one person died from Covid-19 which is the lowest in a single week since the week beginning August 31 - the last time the county went a full week without recording a coronavirus death.

In total, 40,388 people have tested positive for coronavirus in Lanarkshire and 1310 people have died from the virus.

Lanarkshire has been the worst affected region in Scotland by coronavirus with 6102 cases and 198 deaths for every 100,000 residents.

Across the region, 345,942 people - 63.7 per cent of the population - have received their first dose of a coronavirus vaccination and 55,037 of them - 10.1 per cent of the population - have received both doses.

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