Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Katrine Bussey

Health board: Covid crisis ‘as serious as it gets’ with record hospital cases

The coronavirus pandemic is still “as serious as it gets”, Scotland’s largest health board warned, as the number of hospital patients with the virus reached a new record high for the third consecutive day.

The latest figures showed that 2,257 people were in hospital on Tuesday with recently confirmed Covid-19, a rise of 36 on the previous day.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.