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Colin Paterson

Today's Covid infection rates from Public Health Scotland for council regions amid 2,010 new cases

A further 2,010 people have tested positive for coronavirus as Scotland's death toll from the disease rose by another 26.

Figures have been published by the Scottish Government and Public Health Scotland (PHS) this afternoon as part of the national Covid-19 daily briefing.

Nationally, there are 932 patients being treated in hospital which is up one from yesterday. There are currently 63 people with the disease being treated in ICUs.

The number of newly-reported positive coronavirus cases recorded by NHS Ayrshire & Arran has increased by 165 to 45,857.

Of the new cases, 84 were from East Ayrshire, 43 in North Ayrshire and 38 attributed to South Ayrshire.

A total of 647,689 positive tests have now been recorded from 3.433 million tests carried out since the start of the pandemic.

According to Public Health Scotland's rolling seven-day infection rate per 100,000 population, Clackmannanshire has the highest rate in the country – at 612.2 as of Monday, November 1.

Aberdeenshire has the second-highest infection rate at 463.6 while the Orkney Islands is third with 455.4.

In terms of Ayrshire's local authorities, the rate is 388.2 in East Ayrshire and 330.7 in North Ayrshire. South Ayrshire's is 283.6.

A total of 15 of Scotland's 32 council regions have an infection rate below the national average of 327.3.

7-day infection rate per 100,000 population for each council area...

188.0 Shetland Islands

215.2 Glasgow City

235.7 Perth & Kinross

246.7 East Renfrewshire

257.8 City of Edinburgh

264.2 Renfrewshire

269.9 Inverclyde

283.6 South Ayrshire

306.8 East Lothian

310.2 West Dunbartonshire

310.9 Highland

316.6 Moray

319.0 Dumfries & Galloway

324.2 Midlothian

325.1 Falkirk

330.7 North Ayrshire

334.4 Aberdeen City

339.1 South Lanarkshire

340.2 East Dunbartonshire

345.4 Scottish Borders

345.5 Stirling

357.5 Dundee City

380.9 Fife

385.1 Angus

388.2 East Ayrshire

388.6 Argyll & Bute

388.7 Na h-Eileanan Siar

397.5 North Lanarkshire

452.1 West Lothian

455.4 Orkney Islands

463.6 Aberdeenshire

612.2 Clackmannanshire

Another 26 deaths have been confirmed which means 9,189 people have passed away since March 2020.

However, data from the National Records of Scotland (NRS) shows 11,538 deaths had been registered up to Sunday, October 24 where the disease was mentioned on the death certificate.

Across the UK, the figure is 140,672 as of last night.

There are 99 patients being treated for the disease in Ayrshire hospitals, which is down 15 on yesterday, and seven in ICUs, which is up one from yesterday.

Nationally, a total of 4,320,370 people have received the first dose of a Covid vaccine and 3,910,253 have received their second dose.

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