The cumulative total of Covid cases in Orkney is now at 343 as 1 new positive test result was recorded in the Health Board Area.

From 1st to 7th of October the positive cases in Orkney were as follows:

• West Mainland: 4
• Stromness, Sandwick, Stenness: 9
• East Mainland: 0 – 2
• North Isles, Linked South Isles, Hoy, Flotta: 0 – 2

Vaccinations in Orkney – 88.2%, 16,613 people aged 16 years and over have been fully vaccinated.

The stats for Scotland published on 10th October 2021 are as follows:

• 2,363 new cases of COVID-19 reported
• 29,419 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results
  • 8.7% of these were positive
• 1 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive (noting that Register Offices are now generally closed at weekends).  
• 54 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
• 935 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
• 4,253,765 people have received the first dose of the Covid vaccination and 3,861,899 have received their second dose

To keep yourself and others safe please remember to:

• get the vaccine when you are offered it
• wear a face covering where required
• wash your hands regularly, and cover your nose and mouth if coughing or sneezing
• self isolate and take a PCR test if you have symptoms
• take regular tests if you don’t have symptoms to reduce the risk of spreading the virus
• meet outside if you can, and open windows when indoors
• keep your distance from people not in your group
• work from home, or do a mixture of home and office working if possible
• use the apps: COVID status (vaccine passport), Protect Scotland and Check-in Scotland