Six more registered Highland coronavirus cases as national death toll goes up

Six more people in the Highlands have tested positive for coronavirus in the past 23 hours.

They are among 139 new cases since yesterday, taking the national figure to 1384.

The number of deaths in Scotland increased by one to 41.

There are 42 confirmed cases in the NHS Highland area. Neighbouring Grampian has 62 cases.

The most are in the Greater Glasgow & Clyde health board area, where 401 people have been diagnosed with the disease.

So far there have been 13,889 Scottish tests carried out.

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