Here are the 16 council areas in Scotland with the highest coronavirus test positivity rates.Here are the 16 council areas in Scotland with the highest coronavirus test positivity rates.
Here are the 16 council areas in Scotland with the highest coronavirus test positivity rates.

Covid Scotland: What proportion of coronavirus tests are coming back positive in my area? Here are the 16 council areas in Scotland with the highest test positivity rates

All but one of the 32 council areas in Scotland have recorded a test positivity rate of over five per cent which indicates that the virus is “no longer under control”.

New data shows that Scotland is recording varying positivity rates across the board amid the latest surge in coronavirus cases.

The World Health Organisation has set a five per cent test positivity threshold for determining whether the pandemic is under control, and the latest data from Public Health Scotland reveals that just one council, Na h’Eileanan Siar, is below that threshold – with a test positivity rate of 3.5 per cent.

All other 31 council areas in the country have recorded a rate above five per cent.

Here are the 16 council areas in Scotland which recorded the highest coronavirus test positivity rates in the seven days up to September 9.

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