No new Covid-19 cases in Fife for two days

Fife has recorded no new positive cases of Covid-19 since Friday.

The latest Scottish Government figures show the number of cases in the Kingdom has remained at 824 for the last 48 hours.

It appears the rate of detection is slowing in the Kingdom as on Friday just one single case of coronavirus was detected in the region overnight and that follows a week of small increases , including a previous period where there were no new cases detected over the course of two days.

In Fife hospitals, there are currently 76 known cases and there are less than five people in intensive care

A total of 87,660 people in Scotland have been tested and 14,537 were positive.

Latest figures released last Wednesday show 162 people have died from Covid-19 in Fife.

Of these, 59 occurred in care homes, with 15 at home and 88 in hospitals.

Across Scotland, 3213 people have died with Covid-19 mentioned on the death certificate since the first appearances began in mid-March.

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