Numbers are on the slide
Weekly Covid-19 cases in South Lanarkshire fell by almost a fifth last week.
Figures published by Public Health Scotland revealed that there were 737 new cases in the region between Sunday, November 8 and Saturday, November 14 – the lowest weekly total since the end of September.
Last week was the third consecutive week that new case numbers fell in the region after peaking at 1,266.
The Hamilton area remains the region’s Covid hotspot after 275 cases were confirmed in the region – down by more than a quarter in a week.
Cases in East Kilbride and Avondale fell to 222 while there were 168 in Rutherglen and Cambuslang and 72 in Clydesdale.
Last week, the Hamilton area recorded 2.72 cases per 1,000 residents.
Rutherglen and Cambuslang saw 2.67 cases per 1,000 residents while East Kilbride and Avondale (2.32) and Clydesdale (1.19) saw lower rates.
Little Earnock was the neighbourhood with the most new cases in South Lanarkshire last week, at 27.
That equates to 3.98 cases per 1,000 residents however, Woodhead and Meikle Earnock - which saw 17 new cases - had the highest rate per 1,000 residents at 6.96 because of it’s smaller population.
Uddingston and Gardenside (26), Halfway, Hallside and Drumsagard (26),Westburn and Newton (24) and Nerston and EK Landward area (24) were the only other neighbourhoods to see more than 20 cases last week.
Forth, Braehead and Auchengray saw the most new cases in Clydesdale at nine.
Last week, 54 of the 82 neighbourhoods in South Lanarkshire saw less than ten new cases. Clydesdale South was also the first neighbourhood in South Lanarkshire to see no new cases of coronavirus for a full week for more than a month.
Breakdown of cases by neighbourhood:
Hamilton area
Ashgill and Netherburn - 1-4 (<1)*
Blantyre North and Coatshill - 8 (2.72)
Blantyre South and Wheatlands - 12 (2.79) Bothwell North - 9 (2.89) Bothwell South - 8 (2.37) Burnbank Central and Udston - 11 (2.4)
Burnbank North - 15 (3.07) Burnbank South and Chantinghall - 11 (2.92) Earnock - 9 (2.23) Eddlewood - 1-4 (>1)* Glassford, Quarter and Allanton - 6 (1.39)
Hamilton Centre and Low Parks - 7 (1.68)
Hareleeshill - 9 (2.25)
High Blantyre - 8 (2.13) Hillhouse - 11 (2.68) Laighstonehall - 6 (1.66) Larkhall Central, Raploch, Millheugh and Burnhead - 17 (4.47)
Little Earnock - 27 (3.98)
Low Blantyre and Bardykes - 1-4 (>1)*
Lowwaters - 5 (1.82) Merryton and Meadowhill - 12 (3.68)
Silvertonhill - 5 (1.78) Strutherhill - 10 (2.84) Uddingston and Gardenside - 26 (3.88)
Whitehill - 13 (3.3) Woodhead and Meikle Earnock - 19 (6.96)
Clydesdale
Biggar, Symington, Thankerton and Dolphinton - 6 (1.03 per 1,000)
Carluke East - 1-4 (<1)* Carluke North - 1-4 (<1)* Carluke South - 6 (1.77) Carlukewest - 7 (2.48) Carstairs, Carstairs Junction and Carnwath - 1-4 (<1)* Clydesdale South - 0 Crossford, Braidwood and Yieldshields - 1-4 (<1)* Douglas, Coalburn and Rigside - 5 (1.16)
Forth, Braehead and