The areas with the highest infection rates in Scotland have been revealed – and topping the list is West Dunbartonshire.
The council area recorded a rate of 744.8 cases per 100,000 people in the week between September 14 to 20, according to the latest data from Public Health Scotland.
Cases in the region are higher than the national average, which currently sits at 457.8, the Daily Record reports.
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West Dunbartonshire is now ranked number one in a table of local areas where infection rates are the highest, followed closely by North Lanarkshire with 620 cases per 100,000.
There are 20 council areas with rates of 400+ positive cases per 100,000 of the population - the highest infection level possible.
Glasgow City has a rate of 482.7 per 100,000 and comes in at 16th on the list, behind East Renfrewshire (488.2 per 100,000), South Lanarkshire (509 per 100,000), Renfrewshire (575.3 per 100,000) and East Dunbartonshire (594 per 100,000).
The lowest infection rate is in the Orkney Islands, with 107.1 cases per 100,000 people in the past week.
A further 4,024 new cases have been reported in Scotland in the last 24 hours – with the virus claiming another 37 lives.
The number of Covid-19 deaths in Scotland has increased for the fourth week in a row, with a total of 10,826 people having now died with the virus, according to the latest data.
Top 20 council areas with highest Covid rates
Seven-day rate per 100,000 of population (September 14-20)
West Dunbartonshire
North Lanarkshire
South Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Ayrshire
Renfrewshire
North Ayrshire
Falkirk
Inverclyde
Fife
Dundee City
South Lanarkshire
West Lothian
Stirling
Midlothian
East Renfrewshire
Glasgow City
Clackmannanshire
Aberdeenshire
Argyll and Bute
