Eight new confirmed Covid-19 cases in NHS Highland area

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

The new cases take the tally for the NHS Highland area since the start of the pandemic to 4793.

Some 591 people have tested positive across Scotland in the past 24 hours, taking the national total to 207,747.

And there have been 22 new reported deaths of people who have tested positive.

Elsewhere in the north, NHS Grampian had 41 new recorded cases in the past day, taking its tally to 13,728.

Do you want to respond to this article? If so, click here to submit your thoughts and they may be published in print.