Coronavirus: the highest and lowest areas in Glasgow after rise across city The latest seven day figures for Glasgow show that there was an increase in positive covid-19 cases for the first time since early January. The figures from Public Health Scotland data show that in the seven days up to last Friday (March 12) there were 842 positive cases recorded in Glasgow. It is an increase of 128 from the 714 that were recorded for the previous week, up to March 5.
READ MORE: There was an increase in Scotland overall with positive cases rising by 49 over the seven days from 3439 to 3988 in the latest available seven days.
Coronavirus: the eight areas where Covid is still very high in Glasgow despite a fall in cases
Coronavirus: the eight Glasgow areas where Covid-19 is still very high despite a fall in cases The weekly coronavirus cases in Glasgow have fallen to the lowest level this year. The seven-day total is the third week in a row where positive testes cases have dropped by around 400 compared to the week before. In Glasgow, the statistics for the seven days up to January 29 showed there had been 1319 positive tested cases. It is a reduction of 380 from the previous seven-day total and more than 1000 fewer than in the first week of the year when the total was 2515.
Coronavirus: The Glasgow areas with the most Covid-19 cases in last week The weekly covid-19 cases total in Glasgow has fallen for the first time this year. But a number of communities were still in the highest category with well above 400 cases per 100,000 population. According to the latest statistics cases in the city have dropped the lowest seven-day total since Christmas. The seven days up to Friday January 22 there were 1688 positive cases recorded in Glasgow. It is a drop from 2136 for the previous seven days, up to January 15. And is the lowest since Christmas day when the previous seven days showed 1036 new cases.
The city however was lower than some other cities and council areas. Aberdeen City and Dundee were both higher at 166 per 100,000 each. While north and South Lanarkshire were also higher at 166 and 168, respectively. Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire were also higher at 179 and 164 respectively. East and West Dunbartonshire were lower than Glasgow at 121 and 124 respectively. The area in Glasgow with the highest number of positive tested cases in the week up to Christmas was Darnley West with 38 positive cases reported. It had a positivity rate of higher than 400 per 100,000. The other highest areas were Darnley North, with 19 and Carnwadric West with 18. The here highest areas are shown as the darkest shade of purple on the map.