iOS - Android As a result, there were 278 positive tests in the region last week, which is an increase of 93 - 50.3 per cent - on the previous week.Last week was the second consecutive week in which Covid-19 cases have increased after falling to their lowest level for eight months at the end of April.Case numbers in Lanarkshire are still down by 88 per cent since the new year peak in the week beginning January 4, when 2353 were confirmed.The rate of cases in Lanarkshire is also around 60 per cent lower than neighbouring Glasgow City which has the highest rate in the country and forced the Scottish Government to postpone the planned easing of restrictions in the city by at least a week.Deaths from coronavirus also remain at their lowest.