27 new cases of coronavirus confirmed in Moray within the last week
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TWENTY-SEVEN new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Moray within the last week, taking the area's total since the outbreak began to 1264.
This represents a reduction on the 36 cases confirmed in last week's update, and is the lowest weekly totally in Moray since before Christmas.
There were also no new deaths recorded in Moray, with the death toll since last March remaining 37. Of those, 29 died within 28 days of a positive Covid-19 test and eight had the virus mentioned on their death certificate.
The reduction in positive cases comes despite an increase in the number of tests taken throughout Moray.
In total, 511 people have tested negative for Covid-19 since February 28, an increase on the 428 people who were confirmed as having tested negative in last week's update.
NHS Grampian – which includes Moray, Aberdeenshire and Aberdeen City – has now confirmed 13,687 cases of coronavirus since the outbreak began. That's an increase of 170 on the 13,517 reported last week.
Moray neighbourhood area update
Five 'neighbourhood areas' in Moray had at least three confirmed cases of Covid-19 between March 1 and March 7.
Seven cases were confirmed in Buckie (Buckie Central East four; Buckie West and Mains of Buckie three), while five were confirmed in Lossiemouth (all Lossiemouth West).
The Findhorn, Kinloss and Pluscarden Valley area had four cases, with three confirmed in the Mosstodloch, Portgordon and seaward area.
The remaining cases are spread across the area – however, an area will only show on the map if at least three cases have been confirmed.
This interactive map can be viewed by clicking HERE.
Scotland-wide update
Today's daily update shows 691 people in Scotland have tested positive for coronavirus overnight, with 20 deaths of people who tested positive for the virus confirmed.
During the week ending March 10, 28,076 people were newly-tested with 3601 testing positive for the first time. That's a reduction on the 3918 people who tested positive last week, despite an increase on the 27,641 tests.
Since the outbreak began, 1,724,972 people in Scotland have been tested at least once, with 207,156 positive and 1,517,816 negative.
During the week ending February 3, 141 deaths were registered where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate. That's a reduction on the 227 deaths confirmed the week prior.
That takes Scotland's death toll since the outbreak began to 9725. A total of 7461 of those died after testing positive for Covid-19.
A total of 50 people are in intensive care in relation to Covid-19, with 582 patients in hospital.
In total, 14,276 patients who have tested positive for Covid-19 have been released from hospital since March 5.
Cases by local authority
+ is number of cases confirmed within the last week
Glasgow City: 38,142 (+755)
North Lanarkshire: 20,052 (+391)
South Lanarkshire: 17,608 (+236)
Edinburgh City: 15,752 (+216)
Fife: 10,105 (+191)
Renfrewshire: 9784 (+151)
West Lothian: 6923 (+190)
Aberdeen City: 6660 (+77)
Dundee City: 6366 (+94)
Falkirk: 6019 (+174)
East Ayrshire: 5896 (+73)
North Ayrshire: 5839 (+113)
Aberdeenshire: 5393 (+66)
East Dunbartonshire: 4815 (+43)
East Renfrewshire: 4383 (+99)
West Dunbartonshire: 4147 (+31)
Perth and Kinross: 4096 (+61)
Dumfries and Galloway: 4074 (+29)
South Ayrshire: 3905 (+70)
Highland: 3293 (+97)
Stirling: 3096 (+130)
Angus: 2956 (+52)
Midlothian: 2955 (+40)
Inverclyde: 2862 (+17)
Scottish Borders: 2837 (+24)
East Lothian: 2656 (+56)
Clackmannanshire: 2123 (+63)
Argyll and Bute: 1410 (+7)
MORAY: 1264 (+27)
Na h-Eileanan Siar: 290 (+18)
Shetland: 213 (+1)
Orkney: 70 (-)
