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Daily Record
Daily Record
National
Stuart Gillespie

Dumfries and Galloway coronavirus figures for Thursday, January 28

A further 29 people in Dumfries and Galloway have tested positive for coronavirus.

It takes the total for 2021 to 1,867 and to 3,572 overall.

The latest update shows there are 56 people in hospital, down three from yesterday and 10 in intensive care - one less than yesterday.

The health board revealed yesterday that there were 270 new cases last week - down from 432 the week before.

The positivity rate is down from 9.2 per cent to six per cent, with the new case rate now at 206.2 per 100,000 – down from 285.5.

More than 15,000 people across the region have now received their first dose of the vaccine.

In Scotland, a further 1,201 people tested positive today, taking the overall total to 176,533.

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