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Kirsten McStay & Claire Galloway

NHS data reveals most common places to catch coronavirus - with supermarkets top of list

New data suggests the most common places to catch coronavirus - with supermarkets top of the list.

NHS data gathered from the Test and Trace app revealed the most common places people had visited before contracting Covid-19.

While supermarkets were the most common at 18.3%, these were followed by secondary schools, with hospitals coming after primary schools.

Public Health England (PHE) analysed the contacts and retracing the steps of the 128,808 people using the NHS Test and Trace app, reports the Daily Record.

All included in the results tested positive for Covid-19 between November 9 and November 15, Sky News reports.

In total approximately 9,789 common locations were reported.

  • Supermarket - 18.3%
  • Secondary school - 12.7%
  • Primary school - 10.1%
  • Hospital - 3.6%
  • Care home - 2.8%
  • College - 2.4%
  • Warehouse - 2.2%
  • Nursery preschool - 1.8%
  • Pub or bar - 1.6%
  • Hospitality - 1.5%
  • University - 1.4%
  • Manufacture engineering - 1.4%
  • Household fewer than five - 1.2%
  • General practice - 1.1%
  • Gym - 1.1%
  • Restaurant or cafe - 1.0%

It comes as Scotland has reported a total of 1,018 new coronavirus cases on Friday.

Nicola Sturgeon announced the latest figures at today's coronavirus daily briefing, where she was joined by Professor Jason Leitch.

The First Minister stated that the new cases represent 4.8 per cent of those tested for the virus.

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Hospital admissions are currently sitting at 1,234, an increase of 22 since yesterday.

There are also 88 patients in intensive care, an increase of three from Thursday.

Sadly, the First Minister also announced 32 further deaths, which takes the total number of deaths since the start of the pandemic to 3,459.

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