Over the 7 days to the 25th February, 242 further cases were diagnosed in Fife (see graph below) compared with 227 the week before.
On the 25h February, there were 46 cases in hospital in Fife (down 20 over 7 days) and 5 cases in intensive care (no change compared with the week before); 17 cases in hospital in Tayside (down 22over 7 days) and less than 5 cases cases in intensive care (no change compared to a week earlier).
As of the 22nd February, the 7 day rate of infection per 100,000 for Fife was 69.9, up from 60.5 the previous week and the 3rd consecutive week of increases in the infection rate . In Dundee, the rate was 58.9, up from 36.8 per 100,000 the previous week.
Data from Public Health Scotland’s Daily Dashboard show that as of the 22nd February (the latest update available), the 7 day infection rate per 100,000 population in Scotland was 102 per 100,000, compared with 101.5 a week before. In all St Andrews neighbourhoods, the virus is supressed (0-2 per 100,000). The virus is also supressed in most nearby neighbourhoods, with the exception of St Monans and Pittenweem (113.3 per 100.000), and Newburgh (138.6 per 100,0000), both up from last week.
In the week ending 25th February, there were 4 recorded deaths in Fife and 5 in Tayside.
The latest update by St Andrews University on the 25th February reported 1 new case of Covid-19 since the 18th February, a student, bringing the total (students plus staff) since 1st September to 139.
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For the latest global coronavirus data go to: https://www.ft.com/coronavirus-latest
Click here for an account of why the UK was unprepared for a pandemic and was critically short of ventilators and here for an account of how the UK got its testing strategy wrong and here for an account of how advice to purchase protective equipment for health workers was rejected on account of the cost. And here for potential problems with Scotland’s test, trace and isolate programme.
