A further 345 cases of coronavirus have been reported in Scotland in the last 24 hours – including 16 in Ayrshire.
New data was published this afternoon as part of a daily update by the Scottish Government and Public Health Scotland.
No new deaths were recorded overnight, meaning Scotland's death toll from the virus stays at 7,661.
In terms of Public Health Scotland's rolling seven-day infection rate per 100,000 population, Moray still has the highest rate in the country — at 100.2 as of Sunday, May 9.
Glasgow City has the second highest rate of 58.3 while Clackmannanshire is third with 46.6.
Currently, 22 of Scotland's 32 council regions have an infection rate below the national average of 25.5.
Locally, only South Ayrshire (16.9) and North Ayrshire (25.2) sits below the Scottish average. East Ayrshire's current rate is 31.1.
7-day infection rate per 100,000 population for each council area...
0.0 Orkney Islands / Shetland Islands / Na h-Eileanan Siar/Argyll & Bute
3.5 Scottish Borders
3.9 Inverclyde
5.6 East Lothian
6.0 Dumfries & Galloway
7.2 Highland
11.1 Aberdeenshire
12.9 Angus
15.1 Perth & Kinross
15.7 West Dunbartonshire
16.9 South Ayrshire
17.0 Stirling
17.9 Renfrewshire
18.1 Dundee City
18.9 City of Edinburgh
20.6 Aberdeen City
21.3 West Lothian
22.1 East Dunbartonshire
25.2 North Ayrshire
26.5 South Lanarkshire
26.5 Fife
26.7 Falkirk
31.1 East Ayrshire
33.1 North Lanarkshire
35.6 East Renfrewshire
35.7 Midlothian
46.6 Clackmannanshire
58.3 Glasgow City
100.2 Moray
Of the 16 new cases reported in Ayrshire, seven were from South Ayrshire, six were attributed to North Ayrshire and three to East Ayrshire.
There are currently 65 Covid patients in Scottish hospitals with fewer than five in the NHS Ayrshire & Arran health board region.
A total of six people are battling the disease in intensive care, again, with fewer than five in Ayrshire.
A total of 2,948,604 people have received the first dose of the Covid vaccination and 1,526,889 have received their second dose.
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