THE co-founder of Dirleton’s former art gallery quietly celebrated her 100th birthday in lockdown this week. Elizabeth Maclean Munro, who has lived in the village since 1985, reached her centenary on Tuesday and planned to spend the day celebrating with her son Neil and chatting with family via online video calls – slightly more low key than her action-packed life so far. Born in Perth in 1921, to Perthshire Advertiser journalist Catherine Duff McLeish and businessman David Herdman Campbell, Elizabeth was the second of three children. Elizabeth attended Perth Academy and, at the start of the Second World War, volunteered as a driver.
Here is where East Lothian s cornavirus figures stand after the weekend. One figure has decreased but another has increased. EAST Lothian’s seven-day positive Covid-19 rate per 100,000 of population is under 100 for the first time in several weeks but the death rate continues to increase, with four recorded in three days. The latest data from Public Health Scotland shows that the county’s case figures have continued to go in a downward direction but the number of deaths has went up. So what are the latest coronavirus figures for East Lothian after the weekend and where do they stand in comparison to the rest of Scotland?
SPECIALIST fire and rescue crews were called out to help save a dog trapped on rocks on Saturday afternoon. Crews from Haddington, along with a rope rescue team from Tollcross, in Edinburgh, received a call shortly before 3.25pm to come to the aid of a woman and the Labrador at Chesters Hill Fort, between Drem and Haddington. A spokeswoman for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service told the Courier other emergency services were also at the scene. She said: “Operations Control mobilised two appliances and one rope rescue unit to the scene to assist a person and a dog who were in difficulty.
THE rise in coronavirus cases in East Lothian has not continued for the fifth time in the past seven days. The latest data from Public Health Scotland today (Friday) shows that instead they have gone in the other direction. So what are the latest coronavirus figures for East Lothian and where do they stand in comparison to the rest of Scotland? Here is the latest data explained:
Cases The latest data shows that between January 13 and 19, East Lothian recorded 120 positive cases, which gave it a seven-day positive rate per 100,000 of the population of 112.1. This is lower than the 133 cases and seven-day positive rate per 100,000 people of 124.2 recorded over the past two days.
THE number of positive cases of coronavirus in East Lothian has stayed the same over the past 24 hours but the county’s death rate has been steadily increasing over the past few months. The latest data from Public Health Scotland shows that between January 12 and 18, the number of positive cases of Covid-19 in the county remained at 132 and the seven-day positive rate at 123.3. However, two further deaths from the virus were recorded on Saturday, bringing the total for the year to six. The last time two deaths were recorded on one day was December 21; before then it was May 13. The is the highest monthly death toll in East Lothian since the first wave of the pandemic last spring.