iOS - Android The milestone was reached amid Covid-19 infections reaching near record levels in recent weeks.More coronavirus cases have been recorded in the area than 78 countries and territories across the globe including Australia (30,904) - which has a population approximately 40 times that of Lanarkshire - and Trinidad and Tobago (33,920) which has more than twice the population.In recent weeks, the county has seen some the highest rates of new cases in Europe according to the World Health Organisation.A coronavirus calculator from Imperial College London has also predicted that there is a 74 per cent chance that weekly case numbers won't fall below 300 per 100,000 population in Lanarkshire by July 19 - the day Scotland is set to move.
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