A total of 159 Ayrshire and Arran residents have died as a result of contracting coronavirus. The figures released today by the National Records of Scotland (NRS) takes into account COVID-19 deaths up to Sunday, April 26.The news means that 39 patients in the region have died in a week.
Today's figures also revealed 62 Ayrshire and Arran care home residents have died as a result of contracting coronavirus - a rise of 18 since last week.As of Sunday there have been a total of 2,272 deaths registered in Scotland where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate - 886 of those died in Scottish care homes.
The new figures mean Ayrshire has the fifth-highest death toll in the country.In South Ayrshire 63 people have died after contracting
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