New weekly coronavirus cases in Lanarkshire topped 2000 in the first full week of 2021.
At her daily press briefing in Edinburgh today (Monday, January 11), First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed there had been a further 307 new cases in Lanarkshire on Sunday.
As a result, last week 2353 new Covid-19 cases were announced in the region – the first time more than 2000 cases have been recorded in a single week since October.
Case numbers had fallen as low as 589 in the week beginning December 21 but following the limited festive easing of restrictions, weekly case numbers have increased by nearly 300 per cent.
Case numbers in Lanarkshire peaked in week beginning October 17 when 2719 new positive tests were recorded.
December saw 4889 new Covid cases recorded in the region and 153 people died from the virus.
In total, 28,047 people in Lanarkshire have now tested positive for Covid-19 and 868 people in the region have died after testing positive.
