SCOTLAND has recorded 23 new confirmed cases of coronavirus – the highest daily increase in almost a month.
The number of new cases has now risen in each of the last five days – up from three on Tuesday – although no further deaths of people with the disease have been recorded.
The First Minister has clarified that the latest increase is still a “low level” of new cases.
The previous high for new cases was recorded on June 21, when there were 26 positive test results.
A total of 18,445 people in Scotland have now tested positive for Covid-19.
There were 302 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Saturday evening, three of whom were in intensive care along with another patient who is suspected of having the infection.
Nicola Sturgeon tweeted: “This is still a low number of cases – and fluctuation is to be expected – but they will all be carefully examined, so that any patterns are identified. Test & Protect is also working to break the chains of transmission. But we must all play our part by remembering FACTS.”
The higher number of daily cases is linked to the far higher number of tests being carried out.
The percentage of tests in the past 24 hours which were positive was just 0.19%. On the last day when there were more than 23 cases in a day in Scotland, June 21, the equivalent rate was 0.68%.
There were 9366 tests carried out in the past 24 hours, whereas there were 3813 tests carried out on June 21.
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