New coronavirus infection recorded by NHS Highland for second day in a row
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The NHS Highland health board has recorded a fresh case of Covid-19 in its region for the second day running.
The number of cumulative cases of the coronavirus confirmed in the region increased by one to 391 when the Scottish Government published its latest daily update.
The minor increase mirrored an identical rise on Monday.
It came as 49 new positive tests for Covid-19 were confirmed across the whole of Scotland in the past 24 hours.
The number of Scots requiring hospital treatment for the coronavirus rose slightly from 248 to 254 overnight, but those patients needing intensive care remained unchanged on three.
And the country's long run without any new fatalities among people who tested positive continued once again.
In the north of Scotland, NHS Grampian posted its smallest daily increase in cases since the start of the month. In the past 24 hours only seven new positive tests were confirmed in Grampian – taking its cumulative total to 1846 since the pandemic began.
The last time the health board registered seven or fewer new daily cases was August 1, when its total rose by just six. In the intervening two-and-a-half weeks its overall total rose by almost 400, following an infection hotspot linked to Aberdeen pubs.
Elsewhere in the north, there were no fresh cases of Covid-19 recorded in either NHS Eileanan Siar, NHS Shetland or NHS Orkney – with the latter going without new cases for the second day running, following its recent small outbreak linked to a fishing boat.
But there was less good news in NHS Tayside, which recorded 16 new cases overnight, to see its cumulative total rise to 1854 – its biggest single day increase in more than two months.
