More than 1400 people in Lanarkshire have tested positive for coronavirus in the last week.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed another 244 Covid-19 cases in the region at her daily press briefing this afternoon, taking the total for last week to 1406.
The figure is a new weekly record for confirmed coronavirus cases in the region and includes the daily record of 306 set on Friday, October 9.
Today (Monday, October 12) was the the fifth consecutive day that more than 200 new Covid-19 cases were confirmed in the region and the 12th consecutive that more than 100 cases were announced.
More cases are now being recorded in Lanarkshire per head of population than anywhere else in Scotland.
Last week, Lanarkshire saw 212.4 cases per 100,000 residents - more than Greater Glasgow and Clyde (193), Ayrshire and Arran (124.8) and Lothian (106.8).
In total, 6591 people in Lanarkshire have now tested positive for coronavirus, meaning Lanarkshire is now on the cusp of overtaking Lothian (6713) as the second-worst affected area in Scotland from coronavirus.
So far, 2216 cases have been confirmed in October. For the three months between July and September, 1651 new cases were announced.
No new deaths were reported across Scotland by the First Minister today meaning 2550 people in the country have died following a positive Covid-19 test, including 373 in Lanarkshire.
