There have been no new cases of coronavirus in the Highlands in the past 24 hours, fresh statistics have shown.
It is the third time the spread of the disease has been temporarily halted in the region since the pandemic began.
As of Tuesday, a total of 324 people have tested positive with five receiving hospital treatment in the Highlands.
As of 2pm today 77,750 people in Scotland have been tested for #coronavirus
63,821 confirmed negative
13,929 positive1,973 patients who tested positive have sadly died.
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There are no new confirmed cases in the islands either cases as Shetland’s total remains at 54. There are seven cases in Orkney and six in the Western Isles.
However, in Grampian there has been a slight increase with 21 new confirmed cases bringing the total to 1,123 in the area.
There are currently 97 people in hospital in the north-east with confirmed coronavirus.
Of those, nine are in intensive care.
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A total of 77,750 people in Scotland have been tested through NHS labs. Of these, 63,821 were confirmed negative and 13,929 were positive.
Covid-19 has taken the lives of 1,973 people in Scotland.
Stay at home or stay alert
SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford challenged Boris Johnson’s stance on coronavirus guidance earlier today.
He asked if the Prime Minister would accept that the message in Scotland is to “stay home”.
Mr Blackford told the Commons: “Events on Sunday could not have been more disastrous from this Government. The Prime Minister has made confusion costly.
“Devolved administrations shut out, widespread confusion amongst the public and a total disregard from this Government for workers’ safety. Many sadly have seen the images of London buses being packed this morning.
“Will the Prime Minister accept that the clear message in Scotland is ‘stay home to protect the NHS to save lives’?”
In response, Mr Johnson said that the UK will “go forward together” with the devolved administrations.
He told the Commons: “Indeed the message throughout the country is of course that you should stay at home if you can, unless there’s specific circumstances that we’ve outlined apply.
“I must say I don’t accept that characterisation of the co-operation that we’ve had across all four nations that (Mr Blackford) makes.
“In my experience, it’s been intense, it’s been going on for days and days and weeks and weeks, and actually I think if you look at the totality of the measures that we’re taking as country, there is much more that unites us than divides us and we will go forward together.”
