On Tuesday, health secretary Humza Yousaf announced that a total of nine cases of the new covid variant Omicron have been identified in Scotland.
Five of these cases are in the Lanarkshire area and four are in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde area.
No Omicron cases have yet been identified in other council areas across Scotland.
This data breaks down the number of positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 people, according to council area.
Here are the 13 areas in Scotland with the most new coronavirus cases between 20 November and 26 November.
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Here are the 13 Scottish areas with the highest Covid rates after it was announced that Scotland has cases of the new omicron covid variant. Photo: na
. Falkirk
Between November 20 and 26, Falkirk had a seven-day rate of 564.4 per 100,000 population with 907 new cases in total. Photo: Google
13. Stirling
This council area recorded 349 cases as it had a case rate of 379 per 100,000 population in this time period. Photo: Google
14. North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire recorded 339.2 cases of Covid-19 per 100,000 people over the last seven days. That was 1,157 cases in total. Photo: Google