Another 501 Covid cases have been confirmed in Scotland at the start of an important week in the quest to further suppress the virus.
Data has been published by the Scottish Government this afternoon as part of its national COVID-19 daily briefing.
In terms of Public Health Scotland's rolling seven-day infection rate per 100,000 population, North Ayrshire stood at 88.3 as of Sunday, March 7. In East Ayrshire, it was 50.0 while it was 19.5 in South Ayrshire.
Clackmannanshire has the highest infection rate in Scotland at 145.5. The second-highest is Falkirk which has a rate of 122.4 with Stirling (113.6) third-highest. The rate for Scotland is 62.7 and the full list of all councils is just below.
Figures have been produced in the wake of Deputy First Minister John Swinney's televised update today where he criticised Rangers fans who had gathered outside Ibrox and in Glasgow's George Square over the weekend to celebrate the team's Scottish Premiership title triumph.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will update the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh tomorrow about lockdown easing plans with children not currrently attending school expected to be given the green light to return from Monday, March 15.
7-day infection rate per 100,000 population for each council area...
0.0 Orkney Islands
4.4 Shetland Islands
13.4 Dumfries & Galloway
16.3 Argyll & Bute
19.0 Scottish Borders
19.5 South Ayrshire
19.9 Aberdeenshire
28.3 Inverclyde
33.2 Aberdeen City
34.3 Highland
36.5 Moray
38.2 Perth & Kinross
38.3 Fife
41.4 East Dunbartonshire
42.1 City of Edinburgh
45.0 West Dunbartonshire
49.1 Angus
50.0 East Ayrshire
56.0 East Lothian
59.9 Na h-Eileanan Siar
61.6 Midlothian
68.3 Dundee City
70.4 Renfrewshire
78.0 South Lanarkshire
88.3 North Ayrshire
90.0 East Renfrewshire
104.0 North Lanarkshire
106.0 West Lothian
111.7 Glasgow City
113.6 Stirling
122.4 Falkirk
145.5 Clackmannanshire
There has been one additional death recorded in the past 24 hours which means 7,422 people have passed away since March 2020.
However, data from the National Records of Scotland (NRS) shows 9,580 deaths had been registered up to Sunday, February 28 where the disease was mentioned on the death certificate.
Across the UK, the figure is 124,501 as of last night.
The number of positive coronavirus cases recorded by NHS Ayrshire & Arran has increased by 37 to 15,598.
There are fewer than five within the health board's region, in intensive care with confirmed COVID-19 which is a reduction from yesterday.
In addition, the number of people in hospital with confirmed coronavirus at midnight was 72 which is down one on yesterday.
A total of 205,999 positive tests have been recorded since the end of February from 1.716 million tests carried out.
Across Scotland, as of 8.30am this morning, a total of 1,774,659 people had received the first dose of their Covid vaccine with 118,732 having received their second dose.
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