THE Highlands recorded their coldest night of the winter so far, while other parts of Scotland saw the mercury fall further than it has in a decade.
FIFTY-eight new Covid-19 cases have been detected across the NHS Highland region in the past day.
FORECASTS for plummeting temperatures followed by freezing rain and sleet have sparked a fresh Met Office weather warning.
ONE-hundred new Covid-19 cases were detected across the NHS Highland area in the past day.
But half of all care home residents in Scotland have now received their first Covid vaccination, the First Minister also revealed.
THE Covid infection rate across Highland Council has broken records again – after it rose to 212.9 cases per 100,000 people.
A FURTHER 83 Covid-19 cases were detected across the NHS Highland region in the past day.
SNOW and ice warnings have been issued for the whole of the Highlands – amid forecasts for wintry weather overnight and on into Friday.
HIGHLANDERS woke up to a hard frost on Wednesday after the "coldest night of the winter" sent temperatures plunging as low as -12.2C.
A SPIKE in Covid numbers across Highland Council in recent weeks saw the region's infection rate soar to record levels over Christmas and New Year.
NO fewer than 450 positive tests for Covid-19 were recorded across the NHS Highland area over the long New Year weekend.
A MAN has been killed in a road crash on the A9.
A FURTHER 1905 Covid-19 cases have been detected across the whole of Scotland in the past 24 hours.
THE Covid-19 infection rate across Highland Council has risen to its highest confirmed level of the entire pandemic.
EIGHTY-one new Covid-19 cases have been recorded across the NHS Highland area – meaning that almost 750 positive tests were recorded in December.
Motorists have been urged to continue to take care after heavy snow in the Slochd area of the A9
SIXTY-seven fresh coronavirus infections were recorded across the NHS Highland area in the past day, the Scottish Government has revealed.
A SNOW and ice warning for the Highlands has been extended well into Hogmanay.
RAIL services on the Highland mainline have been disrupted by a signal fault.
POSITIVE Covid cases tripled in NHS Highland "in only a few days", the health board has warned as it urged the public to stick to virus restrictions.
