coronavirus cases remains high across the country. The latest data released by Public Health Scotland shows that 9,142 positive cases of covid were recorded across the country in the week between January 18 to 24.
A total of 7.7% of people tested for the virus during that week recorded a positive test.Scotland also recorded an overall 7-day positive rate 167.3 per 100,000 population.
The local authority with the highest infection rate over the week was in North Lanarkshire - with a 7-day positive rate of 278.9 per 100,000 population.
Glasgow, Renfrewshire, South Lanarkshire and East Ayrshire were not far behind. As of January 20, the rate of reproduction (the R-rate) of the virus in Scotland is estimated to be somewhere between 0.8 and 1.1..