New coronavirus cases in Lanarkshire fell by almost 11 per cent last week.
At her daily press briefing in Edinburgh today (Monday, December 14), First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed there had been 95 new cases in Lanarkshire on Sunday.
As a result, last week there were 880 new Covid-19 cases in the region – a 10.9 per cent decrease on the previous week.
Last week was the final week after the Scottish Government moved Lanarkshire into the top tier of coronavirus restrictions in a bid to reduce the “stubbornly high” prevalence of the virus in the region before Christmas.
After three weeks in level four of the tiered system, cases in Lanarkshire have fallen by 44 per cent.
From Friday (December 11), Lanarkshire has been moved back into level three restrictions.
Weekly case numbers are now down by more than two thirds since peaking at 2719 in week beginning October 19.
In total, 21,325 people in Lanarkshire have now tested positive for Covid-19 and 713 people in the region have died after testing positive.
