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coronavirus case number in all local authority areas in Scotland has been published by health officials.Public Health Scotland said that in the week between February 15 and 21, Scotland recorded a total of 5,736 positive cases of Covid-19 - which represents 5.0% of people tested for the virus.Scotland’s seven-day positivity rate per 100,000 population in those seven days stood at 105.0, according to the latest data.Falkirk recorded the highest number of cases per 100,000 population during this period, with West Lothian, North Lanarkshire, East Ayrshire and West Dunbartonshire all recording high figures.Shetland and Orkney recorded no new coronavirus cases over the seven days.Nicola Sturgeon said that Scotland is now seeing lower test

pandemic.Stephanie Gillan has become a campaigner after overcoming her mental health battles including facing her own mortality when she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer.Just days after her diagnosis, her husband Robert was hit by a six-ton truck at work, suffering severe injuries.Now, she has been given the all-clear and has won a beauty pageant.Mum-of-four Stephanie, 29, director of charity Unmasked Mental Health Scotland, said: “During the pandemic, we have seen an increase in the need for services, help, support and guidance.“Mental health is something close to my heart as I suffer from severe panic attacks and have since a young age.“This was heightened after my husband had a severe accident and I was diagnosed with a

Perth and Kinross over the festive period, according to new statistics. The virus was recorded on 11 deaths registered in the week starting December 21 - the highest weekly total since May 4 .Incident management team set up as COVID cases rise at poultry plantThere were nine deaths recorded the week after, bringing the total in the region to 133, according to the National Records of Scotland.

Sign up to the weekly West Lothian Courier newsletter for the latest West Lothian news and sport.The latest data shows that West Lothian has had a significant spike in Covid-19 cases.The Public Health Scotland (PHS) figures as of January 4 shows that there were 41 new reported positive cases of the contagion and 321 over the past week.This takes the total in the county to 4580 since the first positive test was returned in West Lothian on March 9 of last year.When The Courier last reported on the PHS statistics on December 29 there were 155 over a seven day period.This means West Lothian has 321 cases per 100,000, which again places the county above the national average of 279.Unfortunately this jump is also represented in the PHS heatmap of