New coronavirus cases in Lanarkshire fell by almost 10 per cent last week.
At her daily press briefing in Edinburgh today First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed there had been a further 97 positive tests across the region yesterday.
Although case numbers are usually lower over the weekend, yesterday was the first day this year that less than 100 new cases were announced in a single day.
As a result, there were 987 new coronavirus cases in the county last week - 9.1 per cent less than the previous week and the first time in eight weeks that less than 1000 cases were recorded in a week.
Last week was the fifth consecutive week in which new case numbers fell in the county.
Overall, Covid-19 cases in Lanarkshire are now down by 58 per cent since the peak in the week beginning January 4 when 2353 were confirmed.
In total, 35,158 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Lanarkshire and 1138 people have died after testing positive.
Lanarkshire has been the worst affected region in Scotland by coronavirus with 5297 cases and 171.9 deaths for every 100,000 residents.
