New figures show that a total of 2,160 people across Tayside and Fife have now tested positive for coronavirus – with the number in hospital battling the killer disease dropping.
According to the latest figures uploaded to the NHS Scotland Open Data website on Saturday, there have now been 1392 confirmed Covid-19 cases across Tayside and 768 in Fife.
Of these numbers 130 are currently in hospitals in the kingdom with confirmed or suspected cases of the disease, six of them in intensive care. In Tayside this figure is 86, with fewer than five people in intensive care.
Of these local figures, 755 were in the Dundee local authority area, 343 were in Angus, and 284 were across Perth and Kinross.
That means 54% of all Tayside coronavirus cases were in the City of Discovery.
It comes as the number of confirmed Scottish deaths from the virus rose by 55 to 1,559.
A total of 11,927 Scots have now tested positive for Covid-19.
Across the country there are currently 1674 people in hospitals with confirmed or suspected cases of the disease. Some 108 of them were in intensive care as of last night.
On Friday there were a total of 1379 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Tayside and 750 in the kingdom. A total of 86 people (fewer than five in intensive care) were in Tayside hospitals battling confirmed or suspected cases of the disease, along with 139 in Fife (six in intensive care).
On Friday there were 177,454 positive Covid-19 cases in the UK, 11,654 of them in Scotland, and 27,510 confirmed deaths across the four nations.
Of these local figures, 755 were in the Dundee local authority area, 343 were in Angus, and 284 were across Perth and Kinross.
That means 54% of all Tayside coronavirus cases were in the City of Discovery.
It comes as the number of confirmed Scottish deaths from the virus rose by 55 to 1,559.
A total of 11,927 Scots have now tested positive for Covid-19.
Across the country there are currently 1674 people in hospitals with confirmed or suspected cases of the disease. Some 108 of them were in intensive care as of last night.
On Friday there were a total of 1379 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Tayside and 750 in the kingdom. A total of 86 people (fewer than five in intensive care) were in Tayside hospitals battling confirmed or suspected cases of the disease, along with 139 in Fife (six in intensive care).
On Friday there were 177,454 positive Covid-19 cases in the UK, 11,654 of them in Scotland, and 27,510 confirmed deaths across the four nations.
