No new positive tests for Covid-19 coronavirus in NHS Highland area
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NO fresh cases of Covid-19 were recorded in the NHS Highland in the past 24 hours.
The number of positive tests in the health board area since the pandemic began remained at 338 on Tuesday.
And the number of people receiving treatment in hospital, having tested positive for the virus, also remained relatively flat, rising by just one, to 10.
The news came as the number of positive tests reported across Scotland as a whole increased by 53 to 15,471 - although 40 of those 53 cases were "historical" tests.
Sadly, a further 12 people who tested positive have subsequently died - taking that tally to 2375.
The number of people being treated for Covid-19 in Scottish hospitals continued recent falls, with just 712 people who had tested positive receiving treatment last night. This was down from 735 the previous day. Twenty of the 712 were in intensive care.
Elsewhere in the far north of Scotland, there were no fresh positive tests for Covid-19 in the Shetland, Orkney or Eileanan Siar health board areas.
NHS Grampian reported three new positive tests to take its confirmed total to 1281, although the numbers of those requiring hospital treatment fell by five to 64.
And there were no fresh positive cases in the NHS Tayside area for a second day running, which remained static at 1671. Ten of those were receiving hospital treatment last night, unchanged from the day before.
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