A further 3,080 new cases of coronavirus have been reported in Scotland in the last 24 hours – with the disease claiming another nine lives.
Latest data shows there are 708 Covid patients in Scottish hospitals which is down 35 from yesterday. There are currently 66 people with the disease being treated in ICUs, down five over the same period.
Meanwhile, there are 65 Covid patients in Ayrshire hospitals while five people are being treated for the illness in the region's intensive care units.
The new fatalities mean Scotland's death toll now stands at 9,504
However, 12,028 deaths have been registered in Scotland where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate up to Sunday, November 21.
In terms of Public Health Scotland's rolling seven-day infection rate per 100,000 population, Falkirk has the highest rate in the country – at 546.8 as of Tuesday, November 23.
Moray has the second-highest infection rate at 534.8 while Dumfries and Galloway is third with 514.5.
In terms of Ayrshire's three local authorities, East Ayrshire has the highest rate of 354.4, South Ayrshire's rate stands at 346 while North Ayrshire's is 283.1.
Of the 168 new cases reported in Ayrshire, 64 were in East Ayrshire with 54 in North Ayrshire and 49 in South Ayrshire.
7-day infection rate per 100,000 population for each council area...
132.1 Na h-Eileanan Siar
214.3 Orkney Islands
267.4 Glasgow City
283.1 North Ayrshire
301.6 Renfrewshire
309.2 Midlothian
312.5 City of Edinburgh
331.5 Scottish Borders
333.5 South Lanarkshire
334 Dundee City
336.4 Perth & Kinross
346 South Ayrshire
353.1 West Lothian
354.4 East Ayrshire
360.8 Aberdeenshire
362.1 Inverclyde
365.3 Highland
378.1 Argyll & Bute
387.2 North Lanarkshire
392.8 West Dunbartonshire
401.8 East Renfrewshire
418.4 East Dunbartonshire
428.9 Clackmannanshire
435.4 Fife
441.6 Shetland Islands
470.2 Aberdeen City
473.6 East Lothian
481.8 Angus
488.9 Stirling
514.5 Dumfries & Galloway
530.8 Moray
546.8 Falkirk
A total of 4,341,224 people have received one dose of a Covid vaccine; 3,941,715 are double jabbed and 1,502,266 people have received a third dose/booster.
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