More than 90 per cent of Edinburgh and the Lothians is staying at home during the coronavirus lockdown, according to an app that tracks user behaviour.
Nearly ten per cent of Edinburgh households have reported at least one member showing coronavirus symptoms.
Data from over 35,000 users has been gathered to create a ‘heatmap’ of the UK showing which areas have the most Covid-19 symptoms and where people are choosing to stay home the most.
Experts have been collecting information from the public about their symptoms to see if they are following rules via the Evergreen Life app – with the data shared with NHS and data scientists.
People can log on to the health app and put in their own data to add to the picture.
The app's developers said for an area of the country to appear on the map, it had to have enough people in the sample sizes for the percentages quoted to be statistically significant.
App users are also sent guidance to protect themselves during the crisis, with tailored advice from the NHS to those deemed to be at the greatest risk of complications from the virus.
You can take part in the survey, here.
8.9 per cent of respondents reported coronavirus symptoms, with the majority self-isolating.
Symptoms can range from anything from a persistent cough to fever, as well as loss of taste and smell.
Urban areas are, perhaps unsurprisingly, seen as Covid-19 hotspots.
Researchers found the majority of cases were around London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester and Bristol.
More than 34,000 people have been asked if they are staying at home or continuing to go out and about.
The results are from April 9 and exclude any key workers.
In Edinburgh nine per cent of households in the city say they have at least one inhabitant displaying symptoms of Covid-19.
91 per cent of households say there are NO symptoms.
97 per cent of the city says they are staying at home.
Across the water in Fife 17 per cent of households report symptoms while 95 per cent of people say they are staying at home.
17 per cent of North Lanarkshire households also reported symptoms, Scotland’s joint-highest along with Fife. Here 95 per cent of people reported following lockdown rules.
The highest percentage of people who reported that they were still out and about was Falkirk, with 11 per cent of people saying they weren’t staying home. Here 8 per cent of households reported symptoms.
