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image captionThe health board said pressure was particularly severe at its acute hospitals
A health board has warned its hospitals are facing "real pressure" despite a decline in Covid cases.
NHS Dumfries and Galloway said that as people were emerging from lockdown a "significant volume" of health concerns were now coming to light.
It warned that the increase in demand was likely to be experienced for some time to come.
It said people should contact them with health concerns but urged "continued patience" on non-urgent matters.
Carole Morton, general manager for acute and diagnostics, said hospitals in particular were facing problems.