New coronavirus cases in South Lanarkshire fell by almost a quarter last week.
Figures published by Public Health Scotland revealed 127 new cases of the virus between Saturday, April 3 and Friday, April 9 – that's down 22.5 per cent on the previous week.
It was the fourth consecutive week that new COVID-19 cases fell after a three week spell where numbers remained fairly static. Case numbers in the region are now at their lowest level since September, with just 0.4 cases per 1000 residents recorded last week.
Nerston and EK Landward area (11) was the only neighbourhood to record more than eight cases last week.
Lanark North East had the highest rate of new cases last week at 1.83 per 1000 residents.
Across South Lanarkshire, 66 of the 82 neighbourhoods recorded fewer than three new COVID-19 cases last week – up from 57 in the previous week.
Crosshouse and Lindsayfield (eight), Forth, Braehead and Auchengray (six) and Halfway, Hallside and Drumsagard (six) were the only other neighbourhoods to record at least six new cases last week.
Birniehill, Kelvin and Whitehills East (1.02), Burnhill and Bankhead North (1.51), Carluke West (1.06), Crosshouse and Lindsayfield (1.49), Forth, Braehead and Auchengray (1.68), Nerston and EK Landward area (1.49) and Woodhead and Meikle Earnock (1.1) were the only other neighbourhoods to record at least one case for every 1000 residents.
Breakdown of cases by neighbourhood:
Clydesdale
Biggar, Symington, Thankerton and Dolphinton- 0-2*
Carluke East- 0-2*
Carluke North- 0-2*
Carluke South- 0-2*
Carluke West- 3 (1.06 per 1,000)
Carstairs, Carstairs Junction and Carnwath- 3 (0.63)
Clydesdale South- 0-2*
Crossford, Braidwood and Yieldshields- 0-2*
Douglas, Coalburn & Rigside- 0-2*
Forth, Braehead & Auchengray- 6 (1.68)
Hazelbank and Kirkfieldbank- 0-2*
Kirkmuirhill and Blackwood- 0-2*
Lanark North East- 4 (1.83)
Lanark North West- 0-2*
Lanark South- 0-2*
Law- 0-2*
Lesmahagow- 0-2*
East Kilbride and Avondale
Birniehill, Kelvin & Whitehills East- 4 (1.02 per 1000)
Calderwood Central- 0-2*
Calderwood East- 0-2*
Calderwood West and Nerston- 0-2*
Chapelton, Glengavel and Sandford- 0-2*
Crosshouse & Lindsayfield- 8 (1.49)
East Mains- 0-2*
Greenhills- 0-2*
Hairmyres & Westwood West- 0-2*
Mossneuk & Newlandsmuir- 0-2*
Nerston & EK Landward area- 11 (1.49)
St Leonards North- 0-2*
St Leonards South- 0-2*
Stewartfield East- 0-2*
Stewartfield West- 0-2*
Stonehouse- 0-2*
Strathaven North- 0-2*
Strathaven South- 0-2*
The Murray- 0-2*
Thorntonhall, Jackton and Gardenhall- 0-2*
West Mains- 0-2*
Westwood East- 0-2*
Westwood South- 0-2*
Whitehills West- 0-2*
Hamilton area
Ashgill & Netherburn- 3 (0.99 per 1000)
Blantyre North and Coatshill- 0-2*
Blantyre South & Wheatlands- 0-2*
Bothwell North- 3 (0.96)
Bothwell South- 0-2*
Burnbank Central and Udston- 0-2*
Burnbank North- 0-2*
Burnbank South and Chantinghall- 0-2*
Earnock- 0-2*
Eddlewood- 0-2*
Fairhill- 0-2*
Glassford, Quarter & Allanton- 3 (0.7)
Hamilton Centre & Low Parks- 0-2*
Hareleeshill- 0-2*
High Blantyre- 0-2*
Hillhouse- 0-2*
Laighstonehall- 0-2*
Larkhall Central, Raploch, Millheugh and Burnhead- 0-2*
Little Earnock- 3 (0.44)
Low Blantyre and Bardykes- 0-2*
Low Waters- 0-2*
Merryton and Meadowhill- 0-2*
Silvertonhill- 0-2*
Strutherhill- 0-2*
Uddingston & Gardenside- 4 (0.6)
Whitehill- 0-2*0
Woodhead & Meikle Earnock- 3 (1.1)
Rutherglen and Cambuslang
Bankhead South- 0-2*
Burgh, Eastfield & Silverbank- 0-2*
Burnhill and Bankhead North- 5 (1.51 per 1000)
Burnside and Springhall- 0-2*
Cambuslang Central- 0-2*
Farme Cross & Gallowflat North- 0-2*
Fernhill and Cathkin- 0-2*
Halfway, Hallside and Drumsagard- 6 (0.77)
High Crosshill- 0-2*
Shawfield and Clincarthill- 0-2*
Spittal- 0-2*
Vicarland and Cairns- 0-2*
Westburn and Newton- 5 (0.79)
Whitlawburn and Greenlees- 0-2*
* Where a neighbourhood has fewer than three cases this is being presented as 0-2 to help protect patient confidentiality.
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