Infection rates continue to stabilise in West Lothian as Nicola Sturgeon warns people not to book summer holidays just yet.
The latest Public Health Scotland (PHS) data as of January 26 shows that there were 37 new cases in West Lothian, another 244 over the seven day period between January 18 to 24, and a new total of 5388 since records began.
The 133 per 100,000 of the population who tested positive in the last seven days meant the county remains under the national average of 167.
In Lothian there were 135 new cases, 973 over the week and a total of 23,807.
NHS Lothian have had the third highest amount of infections among all the health boards in Scotland since the pandemic began. NHS Glasgow has returned most positive cases with 55,147 and NHS Lanarkshire is next with 32,128.
The PHS heatmap shows that the virus has been suppressed in five of the 37 neighbourhoods in West Lothian.
Winchburgh, Bridgend and Philipstoun, Pumpherston and Uphall Station, Linlithgow North, Broxburn East and Bathgate and Boghall were all classed as suppressed in the past week, with fewer than two cases recorded.
East Calder had the highest amount of positive tests over the past seven days with 16 among their population of 6316.
None of the neighbourhoods in the county were in the highest zone on the heatmap with 400 or more cases per 100,000.
There have been no Covid-19 related deaths recorded in West Lothian in the past three days.
The First Minister was speaking at her daily Covid-19 briefing (January 27) as the UK Government were set to release new restrictions on international travel.
Ms Sturgeon said that she is “concerned the proposal does not go far enough” and says her Government is prepared to go further,
People in Scotland were warned against booking holidays and told a “comprehensive” system of supervised quarantine is required for the next stage of the pandemic.
She added: “No one should be travelling overseas right now, unless for absolutely essential purposes. And I’m afraid you should not at this stage be booking holidays overseas.”
At the Scottish Government’s coronavirus briefing, Ms Sturgeon led a moment of silence “in memory of all those who have died in this pandemic so far” and said the death toll should make all political leaders “think very hard about what more we could have done and what lessons we must continue to learn.”
