These are the top 50 areas in Scotland where Covid-19 infections are higher than December as Nicola Sturgeon announces a return to school for some pupils

After more than seven long weeks of national lockdown, Nicola Sturgeon has announced a phased return to schools beginning on Monday, February, 22.
These are the top 50 areas in Scotland where Covid-19 infections are higher than December.These are the top 50 areas in Scotland where Covid-19 infections are higher than December.
These are the top 50 areas in Scotland where Covid-19 infections are higher than December.

Covid-19 cases have fallen across Scotland since lockdown was imposed on December, 26 from 135.5 cases per 100,000 to 100.9 in the seven days to February, 13. Cases had reached a peak of 301.9 on January 4 and 8.

But there are still 339 neighbourhoods across the country where infection rates are higher than they were on December, 26, the day lockdown came into force.For the purposes of this list, the figure reported in the seven days leading up to to February 13, is referred to as the February figure and the figure recorded on December 26, for the seven days leading up to that date is referred to as the December figure.

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None of the following figures are referring to either month on the whole.

These are the top 50 areas in Scotland where Covid-19 infections are higher than December.These are the top 50 areas in Scotland where Covid-19 infections are higher than December.
These are the top 50 areas in Scotland where Covid-19 infections are higher than December.

These are the top 50 areas where Covid-19 cases in the seven days to February, 13 were higher than on Boxing Day.

West Lothian

Breich Valley reported 1669.7 cases per 100,000 in February, 122.2 cases were recorded in December. This is an increase of 1267 per cent.

Armadale recorded 247.3 cases per 100,000 people in February, this is a rise of 250 per cent from December, when 70.6 cases per 100,000 were recorded.

Whitburn, Croftmalloch and Greenrigg recorded 214.0 cases per 100,000 people in February, which is an increase of 233 per cent. In December, 64.2 cases per 100,000 were reported.

Whitburn Central reported 626.6 cases per 100,000 in February. However in December this area recorded 0-2 cases. For patient confidentiality reasons the exact figure was not published, therefore while a significant increase was recorded, the exact percentage is not available.

Blaeberry Hill and East Whitburn also recorded 0-2 cases in December, but in February, 301.5 cases per 100,000 were recorded which is a significant jump.

West Dunbartonshire

Dalreoch recorded 341.3 cases per 100,000 people in February. This is a rise of 375 per cent from 71.9 cases per 100,000 recorded in December.

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Bonhill recorded 270.2 cases per 100,000 people in February, in December this figure was 84.4. This is a rise of 220 per cent.

Leven recorded a rise of 225 per cent, the figure recorded in December was 80.0 cases per 100,000 people and the figure recorded in February was 260.1 per 100,000.

Dalmuir recorded 165.5 cases per 100,000 in December and in February recorded 588.5, this is an increase of 256 per cent.

Singer & Clydebank South reported 408.1 cases per 100,000 people in February, and recorded 85.9 cases per 100,000 in December. This is a rise of 375 per cent.

South Lanarkshire

Lesmahagow recorded 661.4 cases per 100,000 in February and 79.4 cases per 100,000 in December. This is an increase of 733 per cent.

Chapelton, Glengavel and Sandford recorded 251.7 cases per 100,000 in February and 83.9 cases in December. This is a rise of 200 per cent.

Douglas, Coalburn and Rigside recorded 512.5 cases per 100,000 in February. This is one of the areas that recorded 0-2 cases in the week leading up to December 26, so the exact percentage increase is not available.

Kirkmuirhill and Blackwood also recorded 0-2 cases in December, in February 328.3 cases per 100,000 people were recorded which shows a significant jump.

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Larkhall Central, Raploch, Millheugh and Burnhead recorded 0-2 cases in December, in February this area recorded 367.9 per 100,000 people which is again, is a significant increase.

Renfrewshire

Paisley North West recorded 332.0 cases per 100,000 people in February. In December, 83.0 cases were recorded per 100,000. This shows an increase of 300 per cent.

Stirling

Dunblane East recorded 53.8 cases per 100,000 people in December, in February the figure recorded was 197.1 per 100,000. This is a rise of 267 per cent.

Plean and Rural SE recorded 0-2 cases in December meaning that the exact percentage rise is unavailable, but in February this area recorded 449.7 cases per 100,000 which is significantly higher than 0-2 cases.

North Lanarkshire

Petersburn recorded 415.0 cases per 100,000 people in February. In December, this area recorded 77.8 per 100,000. This is a rise of 433 per cent.

Drumpellier and Langloan recorded 121.5 cases per 100,000 people in December. In February, 526.3 cases per 100,000 were recorded which is a rise of 333 per cent.

Forgewood recorded 229.8 cases per 100,000 in February, in December the figure per 100,000 people was 62.7. This shows an increase of 267 per cent.

Motherwell North reported a 200 per cent rise between December and February. In December the number of cases per 100,000 people was 164.4, while in February it was 493.3.

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Cleland recorded 460.6 cases per 100,000 people in February. In December, 140.2 cases per 100,000 were recorded. This is an increase of 229 per cent.

Moray

Keith and Fife Keith recorded 309.3 cases per 100,000 people in comparison to 66.3 cases per 100,000 recorded in this area in December. This is an increase of 367 per cent.

Fochabers, Aultmore, Clochan and Ordiquish recorded 0-2 cases in December per 100,000 people while 329.5 cases per 100,000 people were recorded in February.

Highland

Inverness Ballifeary and Dalneigh recorded 205.2 cases per 100,000 people in February. In December 68.4 cases per 100,000 were recorded. This shows a 200 per cent increase.

Ross and Cromarty East recorded 0-2 cases in December but a significant rise is notable as 520.7 cases per 100,000 people were recorded in February.

Glasgow City

Drumchapel North recorded 447.2 cases per 100,000 people in February, while 89.4 cases per 100,000 were recorded in December. This is an increase of 400 per cent.

Maryhill East showed a rise of 267 per cent. 319.0 cases per 100,000 people were recorded in February, while 87.0 per 100,000 were recorded in December.

Kinning Park and Festival Park recorded 314.7 cases per 100,000 people while 89.9 cases per 100,000 were reported in December. This was a rise of 250 per cent.

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Cardonald North rose by 233 per cent, recording 231.0 cases per 100,000 in February while 69.3 cases per 100,000 were recorded in December.

Maryhill West recorded 0-2 cases in December which means the exact percentage increase isn’t available, however, in February 424.3 cases per 100,000 people were recorded which shows a significant increase.

Drumchapel South also recorded 0-2 cases per 100,000 in December, but in February 354.1 cases per 100,000 people were recorded.

Drumry East reported 391.9 cases per 100,000 people in December and recorded 0-2 cases in December.

Falkirk

Grangemouth - Bowhouse recorded 273.7 cases per 100,000 in February. In December 82.1 cases per 100,000 were recorded. This was an increase of 233 per cent.

Shieldhill recorded a rise of 300 per cent, as 487.6 cases per 100,000 people were recorded in February, while 121.9 cases per 100,000 were recorded in December.

Carse and Grangemouth Old Town rose by 250 per cent as 285.5 cases per 100,000 were recorded in February, after just 81.6 cases per 100,000 people in December.

Bonnybridge also rose by 250 per cent as 82.9 cases per 100,000 were recorded in December, while 290.0 cases per 100,000 people were recorded in February.

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Falkirk - Camelon East recorded 0-2 cases in December so again, the percentage increase is not available. In February, this area recorded 335.6 cases per 100,000 people.

Falkirk - Camelon West also recorded 0-2 cases per 100,000 people in December. In February this area recorded 473.6 cases per 100,000 people.

Grangemouth - Newlands is another area that recorded 0-2 coronavirus cases in the December time frame. In February, it recorded 321.3 cases per 100,000 people.

Dunipace recorded 0-2 cases in December but a rise can be noted as 499.8 cases per 100,000 were recorded in February.

High Bonnybridge and Greenhill recorded 338.6 cases per 100,000 people but in December this was another area that only recorded 0-2 cases which means the exact percentage rise is not available.

East Ayrshire

Kilmarnock South Central and Caprington saw a massive increase of 2563 per cent, as 7601.7 cases per 100,000 people were recorded in February, in comparison to 285.5 cases per 100,000 recorded in December.

Clackmannanshire

Sauchie recorded an increase of 300 per cent. In February this area recorded 309.9 cases per 100,000 people, while in December 77.5 cases per 100,000 people were recorded.

Tullibody North and Glenochil recorded 237.5 cases per 100,000 people in February, this is a rise of 225 per cent as 73.1 cases per 100,000 were recorded in December.

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Tullibody South recorded 377.8 cases per 100,000 people in February, while in December it only recorded 0-2 cases per 100,000 meaning the percentage increase isn’t available for this area.

Argyll and Bute

Helensburgh East saw a significant increase in this time frame, in February 514.4 cases per 100,000 people were recorded, in comparison to 0-2 cases reported in December in this area.

Dumfries and Galloway

Upper Nithsdale recorded 325.6 cases per 100,000 people in February, this is in comparison to 0-2 cases per 100,000 people recorded in this area in December. Again, the exact increase percentage is not available.

Dumfries Central is another area that recorded 0-2 cases per 100,000 people in December, a big jump is notable as 531.4 cases per 100,000 people were recorded in February.

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