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North-east Covid-19 cases at lowest level since November by Emma Morrice and David Proctor 16/02/2021, 12:00 pm
Updated: 16/02/2021, 3:52 pm
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The number of positive Covid-19 cases were at the lowest level they have been since November 2.
The number of positive Covid-19 cases in the north-east are at the lowest number since the beginning of November.
Figures released by the Scottish Government daily showed that for Monday, February 15, the number of positive coronavirus cases in the NHS Grampian area was 19.
This is the lowest number of daily cases reported since November 2, where there was 17 cases.
It is in stark comparison to the same period last month when there was 162 cases on January 15 and 163 the following day. The highest amount last month was recorded on January 7 with 302 cases.
But other leading experts dismissed the latest “variant of concern” and insist we should not panic as intensive surge testing for the South African variant is being conducted in several parts of the country.
Speaking in a personal capacity, Professor Robert Dingwall, a member of the Government’s New and Emerging Virus Threats Group – Nervtag – said: “We should not be panicking about these variants.
“The sort of variants we will see are such a small drift from the original virus that they do not change it in a radical way.
“The changes we have seen and we will see are pretty minor modifications of the virus which can be easily matched by the vaccine or tweaks to it.”
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