Nine Edinburgh areas with the highest coronavirus cases according to the latest figuresNine Edinburgh areas with the highest coronavirus cases according to the latest figures
Nine Edinburgh areas with the highest coronavirus cases according to the latest figures

Weekly update: Nine areas of Edinburgh with the highest number of coronavirus cases in the past week

This is a list of the nine Edinburgh areas that recorded the highest coronavirus rates in the last week according to the latest government data.

The Scottish Government data shows a breakdown of the number of cases in each area of the capital.

The highest number of new cases recorded in the last week was 19 in the area of Newington and Dalkeith road.

This shows that infection rates have dropped as the highest number recorded the week before was 36 in the area of Old Town, Princes street and Leith street.

The data was recorded between October 30 and November 5.

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