Health

EIGHT Covid patients in the NHS Highland area are now in intensive care – the highest local number of the entire pandemic.

Craig Maclean Leisure Centre, Badenoch Centre and Aviemore Community Centre will be used thanks to High Life Highland NHS Highland partnership.

THIRTY-three Covid patients are now being treated in NHS Highland hospitals, but only 22 new positive tests were registered in the past 24 hours.

THE seven-day Covid infection rate in the Highlands has continued its recent fall - as lockdown restrictions continue to have an impact.

Twenty-one new positive tests for Covid-19 have been recorded across the NHS Highland health board area in the past 24 hours

THE number of Covid-19 patients in NHS Highland hospitals has reached levels not seen since late April, Public Health Scotland data has revealed.

There have been 43 additional confirmed coronavirus cases in the NHS Highland area in the past 24 hours, new figures have shown.

IS your neighbourhood’s rate of coronavirus infection higher or lower than the Highlands’ 178.9 cases per 100,000 people? Read on to find out.

There have been 54 additional confirmed coronavirus cases in the NHS Highland area in the past 24 hours, new figures have shown.

A FURTHER 81 new Covid-19 cases were recorded in the NHS Highland health board area in the past 24 hours.

A FURTHER 68 positive tests for Covid-19 were recorded across the NHS Highland health board area in the past 24 hours.

A FURTHER 57 cases of Covid-19 have been detected across the NHS Highland area in the past day.

A FURTHER 67 new Covid-19 cases have been detected across the NHS Highland area.

TWO Highland care homes have had outbreaks of Covid-19, NHS Highland has confirmed.

More than 3000 coronavirus cases have been detected across the NHS Highland area since the pandemic began.

THE Covid-19 infection rate in the Highlands has fallen slightly – but still sits above 200 cases per 100,000 people.

There have been 97 additional confirmed coronavirus cases in the NHS Highland area in the past 24 hours, new figures have shown.

FIFTY-eight new Covid-19 cases have been detected across the NHS Highland region in the past day.

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.