Virus deaths drop to zero
None recorded in latest week
New figures show there were no coronavirus deaths in South Lanarkshire for the first time in months.
Statistics released last week showed that the region went a full week without recording a single death from the virus for the first time since March,
The National Records of Scotland revealed last Wednesday, July 15, that there were 13 Covid-related deaths across the country in the previous week, including one in North Lanarkshire.
In total, there have been 314 deaths where coronavirus was mentioned on the death certificate in South Lanarkshire, of which 143 were in care homes, 141 were in hospital and 30 were in other settings including at home.
South Lanarkshire was one of 22 local authority areas in Scotland to record no coronavirus deaths last week. Two weeks ago, neighbouring North Lanarkshire recorded its first week without any Covid deaths since March but one more person died from the disease last week.
As a result, there have been 268 deaths where coronavirus was listed on the death certificate in North Lanarkshire. Of those, 94 were in care homes, 151 in hospital and 23 were in other settings including at home.
That takes the total number of coronavirus deaths in Lanarkshire to 582 as of Sunday, July 12.
Lanarkshire as a whole remains the second-worst affected health board in Scotland with 8.8 deaths for every 10,000 people, only Greater Glasgow and Clyde has seen a higher death rate (11.2).
Only Lothian (725) and Greater Glasgow and Clyde (1,330) have seen a higher number of coronavirus deaths than Lanarkshire although the death rate in Lothian is only 8.0 because of the bigger population.
Last week was the 11th consecutive week in which coronavirus deaths in Scotland decreased. There were 13 across the country bringing the total to 4,187.
More than three-quarters (77 per cent) were aged 75 or over while 47 per cent of deaths occurred in care homes.
The figures released by the National Records of Scotland include all deaths up to Sunday, July 12.