A further 7,275 Covid cases have been confirmed in Scotland within the last 24 hours.
Figures have been published by the Scottish Government and Public Health Scotland (PHS) this afternoon as part of the national Covid-19 daily briefing.
Nationally, there are 904 patients with the disease being treated in hospital which is a reduction of 30 from yesterday's reported figure. There are currently 19 people being treated in ICUs.
The number of newly-reported positive coronavirus cases recorded by NHS Ayrshire & Arran has increased by 435. Since the start of the pandemic, there have been 88,923 positive tests in the region and 1,283,259 million across Scotland.
A note within today's data sheets also explains: "From February 10, the cumulative number of cases includes Covid-19 cases confirmed by either a Lateral Flow Device (LFD) or Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test.
"Because the policy change to include LFD results occurred on January 5, this results in a one-off large increase as the LFD cases in the intervening period are accounted for."
Of the new cases reported, 159 were in East Ayrshire, 144 attributed to North Ayrshire and 132 in South Ayrshire.
As a result of the historical update in terms of Public Health Scotland's rolling seven-day infection rate per 100,000 population, the Shetland Islands has the highest rate in the country – at 1,613.5 as of Wednesday, February 9.
Dundee City has the second-highest infection rate at 1,146.4 while Aberdeen City is third with 1,126.8.
In terms of Ayrshire's thee local authorities, East Ayrshire has the highest rate of 667.8; North Ayrshire's rate stands at 594.4 while South Ayrshire's is 581.4.
A total of 21 of Scotland's 32 council regions have an infection rate below the national average of 792.3.
7-day infection rate per 100,000 population...
335.8 Na h-Eileanan Siar
560.7 Argyll & Bute
581.4 South Ayrshire
594.4 North Ayrshire
607.6 Glasgow City
632.8 West Dunbartonshire
639.4 Moray
642.6 North Lanarkshire
661.8 Inverclyde
667.3 Renfrewshire
667.8 East Ayrshire
678.0 South Lanarkshire
685.1 East Dunbartonshire
686.3 Clackmannanshire
693.6 Highland
713.3 Scottish Borders
726.3 Dumfries & Galloway
766.2 Perth & Kinross / East Renfrewshire
767.4 East Lothian
777.3 Falkirk
817.4 Stirling
852.2 Angus
868.2 West Lothian
883.9 Orkney Islands
908.5 Fife
1,002.0 Aberdeenshire
1,043.9 City of Edinburgh
1,045.6 Midlothian
1,126.8 Aberdeen City
1,146.4 Dundee City
1,613.5 Shetland Islands
Another 24 deaths mean 10,485 people have passed away since March 2020.
However, data from the National Records of Scotland (NRS) shows 13,075 deaths had been registered up to Sunday, February 6 where the disease was mentioned on the death certificate.
Across the UK, the figure is 158,953 as of last night and 180,033 with Covid mentioned on the death certificate.
There are 81 patients with the disease being treated in Ayrshire hospitals, which is down two on yesterday, and fewer than five people in ICUs.
Nationally, a total of 4,424,596 people have received one dose of a Covid vaccine; 4,139,618 are double jabbed and 3,332,960 people have received a third dose/booster.
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