Arran Health: Last News

South Ayrshire's schools have been caught up in a Covid surge.Ayrshire Live can reveal that 20 of our primary and secondary schools have undergone contact tracing operations since May 28.Worried health chiefs are trying to drive down the soaring infection rate, which has seen the region rise to third highest on the Scottish list.The county's infection rate currently stands at 178.5 cases per 100,000 people.

A memorial to hundreds of East Ayrshire residents who died during the Covid-19 pandemic and tribute to those who were on the frontline is to be proposed by council leader Douglas Reid.

There were almost five times as many delayed hospital discharges in South Ayrshire than in East Ayrshire according to recent health board figures.

NHS Ayrshire & Arran patients have died after contracting coronavirus, it was revealed today.Scottish Government data released this afternoon shows the people were from East Ayrshire.The tragic news comes as six deaths are reported across Scotland today with the national death toll now at 2,550.Public Health Scotland figures show that 175 people have died from coronavirus in the NHS Ayrshire & Arran health board area.But National Records of Scotland data says that 294 Ayrshire deaths have been linked to Covid since the pandemic arrived in March.A total of 447 coronavirus cases have been recorded in Ayrshire in the past seven days.The number of daily positive cases are the highest they've ever been - and show no signs of slowing.In the past