A further 142 people have been diagnosed with coronavirus as Scotland embraces another easing in lockdown restrictions.
No new deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours, according to data released this afternoon by the Scottish Government.
In terms of the rolling seven-day infection rate per 100,000 population, North Lanarkshire has the highest infection rate in the country – at 64.4 as of Sunday, April 25.
East Ayrshire has the second highest infection rate in the country of 50.0 while the figures for neighbouring South Ayrshire and North Ayrshire are 44.4 and 22.3 respectively.
The figures come as restrictions drop to level three across the nation, allowing the reopening of retail services and partial reopening of the hospitality sector.
7-day infection rate per 100,000 population for each council area...
0.0 Shetland Islands / Na h-Eileanan Siar
0.9 Scottish Borders
3.2 Midlothian
4.5 Orkney Islands
5.2 Angus
5.8 Argyll & Bute
7.6 Highland
10.7 Aberdeenshire
11.2 East Lothian
11.7 Stirling
15.4 Inverclyde
15.5 Dumfries & Galloway
18.4 Aberdeen City
18.6 West Lothian
22.0 East Renfrewshire
22.3 North Ayrshire
23.6 Falkirk
24.8 Dundee City
26.2 Renfrewshire
29.3 South Lanarkshire
29.7 Fife
29.9 City of Edinburgh
30.4 West Dunbartonshire
37.5 Perth & Kinross
40.9 Glasgow City
43.3 East Dunbartonshire
44.4 South Ayrshire
45.9 Moray
48.5 Clackmannanshire
50.0 East Ayrshire
64.4 North Lanarkshire
Scotland's death toll from the virus currently stands at 7,652 people, however 10,055 deaths have been registered where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate up to Sunday, April 18.
There are currently 93 Covid patients in Scottish NHS hospitals – including eight in Ayrshire.
Latest figures show 12 people are battling the disease in ICUs across the country. There are fewer than five in the NHS Ayrshire & Arran region.
Just nine new cases of Covid-19 were recorded in Ayrshire in the last 24 hours.
Latest vaccination figures show 2,773,770 people have received the first dose of the Covid vaccination and 1,068,704 have received their second dose.
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