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Public Health Scotland publishes a map showing the locations of new cases in the Borders and other council areas in the country THE number of coronavirus cases per 100,000 of the population in the Borders has increased in the last week. According to data collated by Public Health Scotland, the seven-day positive case rate for February 14-20 is 39 per 100,000 (based on 45 new cases). As reported on February 15, the seven-day rate for February 6-12 was 27.7 per 100,000. Over the same time period, 26 out of 30 areas in the Borders reported fewer than three confirmed cases of coronavirus. However, according to the figures published today (Tuesday, February 23), this has now dropped to 24 out of 30.
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Commissioned in 1940, the young officer served in Palestine, survived the Battle of El Alamein, took part in the invasion of Italy and fought through North-west Europe where his fearless leadership under fire earned him the Military Cross. In the words of his citation he had shown “outstanding skill and initiative and a complete disregard for danger.”
The son of Mark and Meliora (correct) Sprot, his father had been a soldier and it had always been his ambition to follow in his footsteps. But he was forbidden to do so on leaving Stowe School in Buckinghamshire. As a result he initially worked in banking until volunteering on the outbreak of the war in 1939.