South Ayrshire's schools have been caught up in a Covid surge.Ayrshire Live can reveal that 20 of our primary and secondary schools have undergone contact tracing operations since May 28.Worried health chiefs are trying to drive down the soaring infection rate, which has seen the region rise to third highest on the Scottish list.The county's infection rate currently stands at 178.5 cases per 100,000 people.
Hundreds of pupils across the local authority are currently self-isolating following the spike in cases.Bosses at NHS Ayrshire & Arran tonight said they investigating links to the new Delta variant of the virus, which is more transmissible.Lynne McNiven, Director of Public Health, told Ayrshire Live: "NHS Ayrshire & Arran Health.