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Coronavirus: 28 new cases across the north and north-east as Scottish total reaches 8,450

Test tubes with samples of blood being tested for Covid-19.
Test tubes with samples of blood being tested for Covid-19.

There were only two new cases of coronavirus in the Highlands and islands over the past 24 hours, fresh statistics have shown.

The total number of coronavirus cases in Scotland has reached 8,450 as a further 26 were confirmed in Grampian.

Those new cases take Grampian’s total to 490, the Highlands increased by one to 198, Orkney increased by one to six and there were no new cases in either Shetland or the Western Isles, who remain on 51 and six respectively.

There are nine people in intensive care with confirmed or suspected Covid-19 in Grampian, five in the Highlands and fewer than five each in Shetland, Orkney and the Western Isles.

A total of 915 people who tested positive for coronavirus in Scotland have now died.

Earlier today, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said she will not rush to announce a lockdown exit strategy.

There are 169 people in intensive care with coronavirus or coronavirus symptoms, a decrease of five on Sunday, she added, and 1,809 people are in hospital with confirmed or suspected Covid-19.

“Towards the end of this week I will set out some of the factors that will guide our thinking for the future,” the First Minister said.

But the “initial version of this work” will not set out what measures will be lifted and when, she said.

Ms Sturgeon added: “We are simply not yet in position to take those decisions in a properly informed way and I will not rush to do anything that could risk a resurgence of this virus, because to do that would risk overwhelming the national health service and it would put many more lives at risk.”

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