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Coronavirus: One person tests positive on Orkney after month-long run of no new cases

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Orkney has recorded its first new case of coronavirus in more than a month.

The island has confirmed 71 cases since the pandemic began in March 2020 – the last new case was recorded on February 18.

No new cases were recorded in the Western Isles or Shetland. Their totals remain at 291 and 224 respectively.

In the Highlands, four people have tested positive for Covid in the past 24 hours. NHS Highland’s total of confirmed cases is now 4,926.

There are 10 Covid patients in hospitals across the north – one less than Saturday – and less than five patients in intensive care.

Today’s update from the Scottish Government also shows NHS Grampian has recorded 25 new cases. There were 11 in Aberdeen, 10 in Aberdeenshire and four in Moray.

There are 11 people with coronavirus in hospitals across Moray and the north-east – a decrease of one from Saturday – and less than five patients in ICU.


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Covid in Scotland

Across Scotland, 532 new cases of the virus have been reported in the past day.

A total of 21,010 new tests reported results – 2.9% of these were positive.

There were no new deaths of people who have tested positive for coronavirus reported since Saturday. The report notes registry offices are now generally closed at weekends.

There are 344 people in hospital with a recently confirmed case of Covid and 31 of those are in ICU.

Since the start of the outbreak in March 2020, 213,529 people have tested positive for the virus and 7,552 people have died after contracting coronavirus.

The Scottish Government update also shows 2,144,940 people have received the first dose of the Covid vaccination and 220,188 have received their second dose.


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