Covid Number Rise Across Scotland As of Yesterday - New Rules Legal From Monday

13th September 2020

Scotland saw a rise of 221 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, this equates to 2.8 per cent of newly tested individuals

The largest rise was once again seen in NHS Greater Glasgow with 106 cases, NHS Lanarkshire had 48, NHS Lothian 35 while NHS Grampian recorded just five cases

NHS Highland had only four new cases.

For the last seven days there were a total of 1246 positive cases.

Concerns over increasing case numbers around Glasgow saw restrictions on meetings in indoor household settings extended to people living in Lanarkshire with immediate effect.

Since September 4 there have been 205 cases in the Lanarkshire area with case numbers continuing to rise. Lanarksire has now joined other areas with stricter measures.

Across Scotland as of Monday, September 14 - group gatherings will only be allowed to a maximum of six people from two households in both indoor and outdoor settings, with limited exemptions.