78 cases of coronavirus confirmed in Moray within last week
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SEVENTY-EIGHT cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Moray within the last seven days, taking the area's total since the outbreak began to 2519.
This is an increase on the 74 cases confirmed in last Wednesday's update, but down on the 91 and 144 confirmed in the weeks prior to that.
The number of people in the area to have died due to Covid-19 since the outbreak began remains 42.
Of those 42, 32 have tested positive for Covid-19 and passed away within 28 days, while 10 had the virus mentioned on their death certificate.
A total of 516 people have tested negative for Covid-19 since August 3.
NHS Grampian – which includes Moray, Aberdeenshire and Aberdeen City – has now confirmed 23,780 cases of coronavirus since the outbreak began – up 768 from last week's update.
Moray neighbourhood update
Thirteen different 'neighbourhood areas' in Moray confirmed at least three cases of coronavirus between August 2 and August 8.
The worst hit area is Cullen, Portknockie, Findochty, Drybridge and Berryhillock with 12 cases.
Elgin confirmed seven cases, Lossiemouth six, Forres four and Keith and Fife Keith three.
Other areas with cases are: Heldon West, Fogwatt to Inchberry (9), North Speyside (7), Mosstodloch, Portgordon and seaward (4), Burghead, Roseisle and Laich (4), Rafford, Dallas, Dyke to Dava (3) and Rural Keith and Strathisla (3).
You can view the interactive map which covers the whole of Moray HERE.
Vaccination figures
The number of people aged 18 plus fully vaccinated against Covid-19 in Moray is 66,074, which is 85.3 per cent of the area's adults.
In the last week, 571 people have been given their second jab.
Moray has the highest percentage of people fully vaccinated on mainland Scotland.
A total of 70,918 (91.5 per cent of Moray's adult population) have received one dose of a vaccine.
Across the NHS Grampian health board region, 88.6 per cent of adults (419,778 people) have received a first dose, with 76.5 per cent (362,073 people) having been fully vaccinated.
In Scotland, 4,034,420 people have received their first jab and 3,375,524 people have received both.
Covid-19 cases by local authority
Glasgow City: 61,260
Edinburgh City: 34,355
North Lanarkshire: 31,213
South Lanarkshire: 26,284
Fife: 20,128
Renfrewshire: 15,693
Dundee City: 13,032
West Lothian: 12,431
Aberdeen City: 11,998
Falkirk: 9844
East Ayrshire: 9249
Aberdeenshire: 9206
North Ayrshire: 9130
Perth and Kinross: 8204
East Dunbartonshire: 7985
East Renfrewshire: 7623
West Dunbartonshire: 6888
Highland: 6860
Midlothian: 6732
South Ayrshire: 6583
East Lothian: 6354
Angus: 5969
Dumfries and Galloway: 5871
Stirling: 5119
Inverclyde: 4768
Scottish Borders: 4658
Clackmannanshire: 3601
Argyll and Bute: 2626
MORAY: 2519
Na h-Eileanan Siar: 452
Shetland: 397
Orkney: 166
