Four new cases of coronavirus in Moray
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FOUR new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Moray overnight, the biggest daily increase since local authority numbers have been available.
The Northern Scot has covered the daily rises in confirmed Moray coronavirus cases, using Scottish Government data, since Wednesday, April 29. Previously, the highest overnight rise of confirmed cases in Moray was two.
The four new confirmed cases take the total in Moray from 44 to 48.
Meanwhile, cases across the Grampian region have passed the 1000 mark and now sit at 1001. That is a rise of 28 cases overnight.
In neighbouring Aberdeenshire 370 cases of covid-19 have been confirmed, while Aberdeen City has 570 cases.
Highland has confirmed 179 cases.
At midnight, there were 89 people in Grampian hospitals with confirmed or suspected coronavirus, with 11 in intensive care.
Across Scotland, 69,191 people have been tested for coronavirus, with 56,042 negative and 13,149 positive.
Sadly, 1811 of those who tested positive have died. A total of 3016 patients have been discharged from hospital.
Coronavirus cases by local authority
Glasgow City: 1728 (*pop: 630,000)
City of Edinburgh: 1330 (pop: 518,500)
North Lanarkshire: 807 (pop: 340,000)
Fife: 804 (pop: 372,000)
Dundee City: 798 (pop: 149,000)
South Lanarkshire: 786 (pop: 320,000)
Aberdeen City: 570 (pop: 227,500)
Falkirk: 497 (pop: 160,000)
Renfrewshire: 414 (pop: 178,000)
Midlothian: 390 (pop: 92,000)
Aberdeenshire: 370 (pop: 261,500)
Angus: 361 (pop: 116,000)
East Dunbartonshire: 322 (pop: 108,000)
East Ayrshire: 320 (pop: 122,000)
West Lothian: 304 (pop: 182,000)
Perth and Kinross: 304 (pop: 151,000)
West Dunbartonshire: 293 (pop: 89,000)
Inverclyde: 290 (pop: 78,000)
Scottish Borders: 286 (pop: 115,000)
South Ayrshire: 277 (pop: 112,500)
North Ayrshire: 259 (pop: 135,000)
East Renfrewshire: 256 (pop: 95,000)
Dumfries & Galloway: 249 (pop: 149,000)
East Lothian: 209 (pop: 106,000)
Stirling: 184 (pop: 95,000)
Highland: 179 (pop: 235,500)
Clackmannanshire: 147 (pop: 51,500)
Argyll and Bute: 129 (pop: 86,000)
Shetland: 54 (pop: 23,000)
MORAY: 48 (pop: 95,500)
Orkney: 7 (pop: 22,200)
Na h-Eileanan Siar: 6 (pop: 26,800)
*population estimates based on 2018 figures.
