Latest on Forth Valley Covid-19 cases

And one of them was in Forth Valley.

For the second day in a row there was a positive test, bringing the region’s total for people confirmed with Covid-19 to 1078.

The other positive case was in Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

There are currently five people being treated for coronavirus in Forth Valley’s hospitals.

A total of 283,504 people in Scotland have been tested through NHS Scotland labs and the UK Government testing programme to date.

Of these, 265,202 were confirmed negative and 18,302 were positive.

However, the government has said this will be an underestimate of the number of cases. Not everyone with the virus will display symptoms and not all those with symptoms will be tested.

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