Seven further Covid-19 cases confirmed in Forth Valley in last 24 hours
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The Scottish Government’s daily figures showed on Tuesday that the number of cases within the health board area continues to rise.
The total number of positive cases recorded in the region since the outbreak began rose from 1142 to 1149 within 24 hours.
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Hide AdThis latest increase of seven follows a rise by nine the previous day.
The figures show that confirmed cases in Forth Valley have steadily been increasing since the start of August.
And the news of these seven new cases comes a day after NHS Forth Valley confirmed a small cluster of five positive cases had been identified in the area.
It is not known how many, if any, of these newly confirmed cases are linked to the cluster.
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Hide AdOn Monday the health board said its Test and Protect team had contacted close contacts of those who had tested positive within the cluster and that they were now self-isolating.
Five locations where the individuals worked or had visited had been identified through contact tracing and the public health department and Stirling Council’s environment health service have been working with the premises to provide advice and support.
It was stressed that the risk to anyone who had visited the premises – Village Inn, Tesco and GS Meldrum Newsagent in Dunblane; McDonald’s in Drip Road, Stirling and Bridge of Allan Sports Club – is extremely low as appropriate control measures are in place.
Only those already identified as close contacts need to self-isolate and there is no need for anyone to arrange a test if they are not experiencing any symptoms unless they have been advised to do so by the Test and Protect service.
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Hide AdTuesday’s government figures show there were 154 positive cases recorded across Scotland over night, bringing the total number confirmed as having coronavirus in the country to 20,632 since the outbreak began.
A total of 577,974 people in Scotland have been tested for Covid-19 with 557,342 returning negative tests.