Coronavirus cases increase but Highlands officially has none

THE Highlands is still awaiting its first known coronavirus case after the number of positive tests in Scotland increased to 27.

The Scottish Government has confirmed that there have been another four cases identified in Scotland in the past 24 hours.

The most are in Lothian health board area, where seven people have been diagnosed with the disease.

So far there have been 2234 Scottish tests carried out.

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