Latest figures
New coronavirus cases in
South Lanarkshire fell by more than 15 per cent last week
Figures published by Public Health Scotland revealed there were 117 new cases between Friday, April 16, and Thursday, April 22 – down by 16.4 per cent on the previous week.
It was the fifth week in six that new Covid-19 cases fell and numbers in the region are now at their lowest level since September 2020 after 0.36 cases were recorded for every 1,000 residents last week.
Carluke South recorded the highest number of new cases last week after nine positive tests were confirmed in the area. It also saw the highest rate of new cases last week at 2.65 per 1000 residents.
Following the spike in cases in Carluke , a mobile testing unit was deployed in the town.
Across South Lanarkshire, 65 of the 82 neighbourhoods recorded fewer than three new Covid-19 cases last week – up from 62 in the previous week.
Cambuslang Central (eight) and Nerston and EK Landward area (seven) were the only other neighbourhoods to record at least six new cases.
Bothwell North (1.29), Carluke North (1.23), Cambuslang Central (2.11) and Crossford, Braidwood and Yieldshields (1.11) were the only other neighbourhoods to record at least 1.1 cases for every 1000 residents.
Breakdown of cases by neighbourhood: Clydesdale
Biggar, Symington, Thankerton and Dolphinton – 0-2*
Carluke East – 3 (0.73 per 1000)
Carluke North – 3 (1.23) Carluke South – 9 (2.65) Carluke West – 0-2* Carstairs, Carstairs Junction and Carnwath – 0-2* Clydesdale South – 0-2* Crossford, Braidwood and Yieldshields – 3 (1.11)
Douglas, Coalburn and Rigside – 0-2*
Forth, Braehead and Auchengray – 0-2*
Hazelbank and Kirkfieldbank – 0-2*
Kirkmuirhill and Blackwood – 0-2*
Lanark North East – 0-2* Lanark North West – 0-2* Lanark South – 0-2*
Law – 0-2*
Lesmahagow – 0-2*
East Kilbride and Avondale
Birniehill, Kelvin and Whitehills East – 4 (1.02 per 1000)
Calderwood Central – 0-2* Calderwood East – 0-2* Calderwood West and Nerston – 3 (0.73)
Chapelton, Glengavel and Sandford – 0-2*
Crosshouse and Lindsayfield – 0-2*
East Mains – 0-2*
Greenhills – 0-2*
Hairmyres and Westwood West – 0-2*
Mossneuk and Newlandsmuir – 0-2*
Nerston and EK Landward area – 7 (0.95)
St Leonards North – 0-2* St Leonards South – 0-2* Stewartfield East – 0-2* Stewartfield West – 0-2* Stonehouse – 0-2* Strathaven North – 3 (1.04) Strathaven South – 0-2* The Murray – 0-2* Thorntonhall, Jackton and Gardenhall – 0-2*
West Mains – 0-2* Westwood East – 0-2* Westwood South – 0-2* Whitehills West – 3 (0.74)
Hamilton area
Ashgill and Netherburn – 0-2*
Blantyre North and Coatshill – 0-2*
Blantyre South and Wheatlands – 0-2*
Bothwell North – 4 (1.29 per 1000)
Bothwell South – 0-2* Burnbank Central and Udston – 0-2*
Burnbank North – 0-2* Burnbank South and Chantinghall – 0-2*
Earnock – 0-2*
Eddlewood – 0-2*
Fairhill – 0-2*
Glassford, Quarter and Allanton – 0-2*
Hamilton Centre and Low Parks – 0-2*
Hareleeshill – 4 (1)
High Blantyre – 0-2* Hillhouse – 0-2* Laighstonehall – 0-2* Larkhall Central, Raploch, Millheugh and Burnhead – 0-2* Little Earnock – 0-2*
Low Blantyre and Bardykes – 3 (0.91)
Low Waters – 0-2*
Merryton and Meadowhill – 0-2* Silvertonhill – 0-2* Strutherhill – 3 (0.85) Uddingston and Gardenside – 0-2*
Whitehill – 0-2*
Woodhead and Meikle Earnock – 0-2*
Rutherglen and Cambuslang
Bankhead South – 0-2* Burgh, Eastfield and Silverbank – 0-2*
Burnhill and Bankhead North – 0-2*
Burnside and Springhall – 0-2*
Cambuslang Central – 8 (2.11 per 1000)
Farme Cross and Gallowflat North – 0-2*
Fernhill and Cathkin – 0-2* Halfway, Hallside and Drumsagard – 0-2*
High Crosshill – 0-2* Shawfield and Clincarthill – 0-2*
Spittal – 0-2*
Vicarland and Cairns – 3 (0.72)
Westburn and Newton – 3 (0.47)
Whitlawburn and Greenlees – 5 (1.09)
■Where a neighbourhood has fewer than three cases this is being presented as 0-2 to help protect confidentiality.