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Ross Dunn

Coronavirus red zones unveiled as every corner of Ayrshire is hit with cases

Coronavirus is in every corner of Ayrshire, new data released today has shown.

Not one single area has suppressed the virus according to figures from Public Health Scotland.

Ayrshire is split into almost 100 different zones with every single one of them with cases at the moment.

Arran was the only region left standing last Sunday but a handful of positive tests has meant the island no longer qualifies as being 'suppressed'.

Today, the region recorded 352 positive cases — 2,604 in the last seven days. That's now 31,483 since the pandemic began.

NHS Ayrshire & Arran's test positivity rate is the third-highest in Scotland with 12.6 per cent of people tested returning positive cases.

A total of two people in Ayrshire have died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid in the past week.

Most recent data from Friday shows that Ayrshire hospital numbers aren't rising rapidly.

For the past few weeks the number of NHS Ayrshire & Arran patients with coronavirus has remained between 22 and 26.

While the number of patients in intensive care in the area have remained below five for more than a month. Added to that, Ayrshire ICU numbers haven't been above five since the end of February this year.

Ayrshire infection rates

  • North Ayrshire — 773.2
  • Ayrshire — 707.6
  • East Ayrshire — 672.7
  • South Ayrshire — 666.1

Ayrshire hotspots

  • Irvine Bourtreehill, North Ayrshire — 1341.1 (30 cases in the past 7 days)
  • Annbank, Mossblown and Tarbolton – the coalfields, South Ayrshire — 1132.3 (66 cases in the past 7 days)
  • Bellfield and Kirkstyle, East Ayrshire — 1061.8 (45 cases in the past 7 days)

National picture

No new deaths have been reported across Scotland today.

Nationally, 6,366 new cases have been recorded in the past 24 hours. The total since the pandemic began now stands at 462,286.

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