The seven days positive COVID rate in Perth and Kinross continued to rise again last week as the region continues to battle the pandemic.
The rate of infection up to Monday, October 19 was 35.5 per 100,000, up from 30 the week before.
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According to Public Health Scotland, Kinross was the worst hit area in the region with seven cases alone in the town.
Fifty-four positive cases were recorded in Perth and Kinross in the week up until October 19.
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It comes as Scotland’s clinical director Professor Jason Leitch told the country to prepare for a “digital Christmas”.
Mr Leitch told BBC Radio Scotland it was still “too early to say” what the prospects for Christmas were.
But he added: “I’m worried firstly about Hallowe’en and November 5 and then we may turn our minds to Christmas.”
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He said Christmas was “not going to be normal,” adding: “We’re not going to be in large family groupings with multiple families coming round - that’s fiction for this year.
“But I’m hopeful that if we can get the numbers down to a certain level we may get some form of normality.
“But people should get their digital Christmas ready.”
