75 further coronavirus cases in South Lanarkshire

The number of coronavirus cases in South Lanarkshire increased by 75 in the last 24 hours, official figures show.

A total of 25,758 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 in South Lanarkshire when the UK coronavirus daily dashboard was updated on August 6 (Friday), up from 25,683 on Thursday.

The rate of infection in South Lanarkshire now stands at 8,029 cases per 100,000 people, higher than the Scotland average of 6,438.

Across the UK, the number of recorded cases increased by 31,442 over the period, to 6,014,023.

However, there were no new coronavirus deaths recorded in the latest 24-hour period in South Lanarkshire.

The dashboard shows 657 people had died in the area by August 6 (Friday) – which was unchanged from Thursday.

It means there have been six deaths in the past week, which is a decrease on eight the previous week.

They were among 7,983 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 South Lanarkshire.

Daily death counts are revised each day, with each case backdated to the actual date of death, so some areas might see their figures revised down.

The figures also show that more than three-quarters of people in South Lanarkshire have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.

The latest figures show 202,310 people had received both jabs by August 5 (Thursday) – 78% of those aged 18 and over, based on mid-2020 population estimates from the Office for National Statistics.

Across Scotland, 74% of people aged 18 and above had received a second dose of the jab.