Another 2,823 Covid cases have been diagnosed in Scotland – with the nation's virus death toll also increasing.
Data has been published by the Scottish Government and Public Health Scotland (PHS) this afternoon as part of the national Covid-19 daily briefing.
Nationally, there are 896 patients being treated in hospital which is down 39 from yesterday. There are currently 63 people with the disease being treated in ICUs.
The number of newly-reported positive coronavirus cases recorded by NHS Ayrshire & Arran has rose by 278 to 46,415.
Of the new cases, 108 were from East Ayrshire, 105 in North Ayrshire and 65 attributed to South Ayrshire.
A total of 653,975 positive tests have now been recorded from 3.454 million tests carried out since the start of the pandemic.
According to Public Health Scotland's rolling seven-day infection rate per 100,000 population, Clackmannanshire has the highest rate in the country – at 586.9 as of Wednesday, November 3.
Na h-Eileanan Siar has the second-highest infection rate at 483.0 while the Orkney Islands is third with 473.2.
In terms of Ayrshire's local authorities, East Ayrshire's rate is 469.6 and it is 336.7 in North Ayrshire. South Ayrshire's is 285.4.
A total of 13 of Scotland's 32 council regions have an infection rate below the national average of 324.5.
7-day infection rate per 100,000 population for each council area...
183.6 Shetland Islands
215.5 Glasgow City
241.6 Perth & Kinross
241.7 City of Edinburgh
249.8 East Renfrewshire
252.5 Renfrewshire
278.0 East Lothian
285.4 South Ayrshire
293.3 Inverclyde
300.0 West Dunbartonshire
309.3 Moray
318.8 Midlothian
320.7 Highland
326.4 East Dunbartonshire
330.5 Aberdeen City
336.7 North Ayrshire
345.7 Falkirk
346.7 Dundee City
349.1 Fife
350.0 South Lanarkshire
358.1 Dumfries & Galloway
367.6 North Lanarkshire
367.8 Stirling
379.0 Angus
380.9 Scottish Borders
414.4 Argyll & Bute
430.2 Aberdeenshire
435.2 West Lothian
469.6 East Ayrshire
473.2 Orkney Islands
483.0 Na h-Eileanan Siar
586.9 Clackmannanshire
Those further 33 deaths mean 9,242 people have passed away since March 2020.
However, data from the National Records of Scotland (NRS) shows 11,672 deaths had been registered up to Sunday, October 31 where the disease was mentioned on the death certificate.
Across the UK, the figure is 141,181 as of last night.
There are 93 patients being treated for the disease in Ayrshire hospitals, which is down two on yesterday, and five in ICUs, which is a reduction of one from yesterday.
No update on vaccination figures has been provided so far today. Nationally, a total of 4,321,770 people had received the first dose of a Covid vaccine and 3,911,823 had received their second dose.
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