146 further coronavirus cases and one more death recorded in North Lanarkshire

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The number of coronavirus cases in North Lanarkshire increased by 146 in the last 24 hours, official figures show – and one more death was recorded.

A total of 139,243 cases had been confirmed in North Lanarkshire when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on April 26 (Tuesday), up from 139,097 on Monday.

The cumulative rate of infection in North Lanarkshire, which covers the whole pandemic, stands at 40,817 cases per 100,000 people, far higher than the Scotland average of 35,021.

In England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, if one person tests positive for the virus more than 90 days after the first infection, two infection episodes will be recorded, according to the UK Health Security Agency.

There was also one more coronavirus death recorded in the latest 24-hour period in North Lanarkshire.

The dashboard shows 1,017 people had died in the area by April 26 (Tuesday) – up from 1,016 on Monday.

It means there have been 16 deaths in the past week, which is an increase on eight the previous week.

They were among 11,979 deaths recorded across Scotland.

The figures include anyone who died within 28 days of a positive test result for Covid-19, and whose usual residence was in North Lanarkshire.

Daily death counts are revised each day, with each case backdated to the actual date of death.