Omicron in Scotland: 13 Scottish areas with the highest Covid rates following Omicron Covid variant cases

As nine new cases of the Omicron variant are identified in Scotland, here are the twelve council areas with the highest number of covid cases.

Five of these cases are in the Lanarkshire area and four are in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde area.

No Omicron cases have yet been identified in other council areas across Scotland.

This data breaks down the number of positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 people, according to council area.

Here are the 13 areas in Scotland with the most new coronavirus cases between 20 November and 26 November.

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