Six new confirmed Covid-19 cases in Highland area in past 24 hours

There have been six additional confirmed coronavirus cases in the Highlands in the past 24 hours, new figures have shown.

It is the third day in a row that six fresh cases have been recorded and increased the tally for the NHS Highland area since the start of the pandemic to 463.

Some 146 people have tested positive across Scotland in the last 24 hours, taking the national total to 21,543.

And there have been no more reported deaths of people who have tested positive.

Elsewhere in the north, NHS Grampian had eight new recorded cases in the past day, taking its tally to 1978.

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