Today there were 161 patients (190 last week) in NHS Grampian hospitals who have tested positive for covid-19. No-one is in intensive care (three last week).

NHS Grampian says: “In the past week, there has been a slight increase in admissions ‘for’ covid-19 but some very early signs of a reduction in hospital onset cases. Daily occupancy was at its highest on 3 April, when we had 198 covid-19 patients in our hospitals. It has fallen slightly since, but it is too early to say if we have peaked.”

In Aberdeenshire:

• Eight more deaths were recorded in the past week linked to covid-19. The cumulative toll is 302.

• TUMBLING – 1900 cases were recorded in the past seven days. Previous weekly figures were: 2989, 3469, 4148, 3789, 2797, 2357, 2305, 2555, 2763, and 1203.

• DROPPING – The seven day positive rate per 100,000 is 728.6, according to Public Health Scotland. Previous weeks were 1146.2, 1330.2, 1590.6, 1452.9, 1072.6, 906.1, 882.7, 978.6, 473.6, and 459.0.

• FALLING – In the past seven days 37 cases were recorded in the Netherley / Fetteresso / Catterline area, 38 in the Banchory-Devenick / Findon area, 25 in Portlethen, and 30 in Newtonhill.