Second death from Covid-19 in two days confirmed in Lanarkshire
It's as the First Minister warns of more cases, and deaths, if people don't stick to the rules
Both of the confirmed deaths from Covid-19 in Scotland in the last two days have been in Lanarkshire.
It follows two months with no new deaths from the virus in the healthboard area, and comes days after extra restrictions on indoor meetings were put in place.
The First Minister is now calling on residents to take action to prevent further loss of life.
Nicola Sturgeon said: “While the number of deaths is much, much lower thankfully than was the case in the spring and early summer this year, nevertheless the need for me to report deaths is a more regular feature of these briefings now than it has been for quite some time.
“Unless we act to stem community transmission now it is highly likely that cases of serious illness and deaths will rise in the weeks to come.”
In total, 355 people have now died from the virus in Lanarkshire – 185 in South Lanarkshire and 170 in North Lanarkshire.
A further 267 new positive cases were confirmed in Scotland today including 40 in Lanarkshire.
Of those, 15 were in South Lanarkshire and 25 in North Lanarkshire down from the 27 and 32 respectively confirmed yesterday.
Those results came from three tests take on Friday, September 11, five taken on Saturday, September 12, 19 taken on Sunday, September 13, 10 taken on Monday, September 14 and three taken on Tuesday, September 15.
Only Greater Glasgow and Clyde (105) and Lothian (45) saw more positive tests announced yesterday than Lanarkshire.
Across the region, 3,466 people have now tested positive for coronavirus.
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