THE number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Scotland has risen to 1059, with overall UK cases trebling over the past seven days.
The spread of the virus around the Scotland and the UK as a whole has not been consistent, however.
Prevalence of the disease has increased rapidly in some places and not in others.
In Scotland, where cases are reported by local NHS health board, the virus is currently most prevalent on the mainland in Dumfries and Galloway (26 cases per 100,000 population).
Next is Forth Valley (25 per 100,000) and Greater Glasgow & Clyde (22 per 100,000).
Dumfries and Galloway has seen the biggest rise in prevalence, from seven cases per 100,000 on March 19 to 26 per 100,000 a week later.
Shetland currently has 24 confirmed cases of coronavirus among a population of 22,990 – the equivalent of 104 cases per 100,000 population.
Orkney and the Western Isles continue to report no cases of the virus.
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In England, where the number of cases is reported by local authority area, the biggest changes have all been in London.
Outside London, the area that has seen the biggest increase in prevalence is Sheffield, where cases have gone from seven per 100,000 population to 41.
This is followed by Wolverhampton (from 11 cases per 100,000 to 39), Cumbria (from eight to 35) and Birmingham (from three to 25).
A total of 15% of all coronavirus-related deaths in the UK so far have been recorded by hospitals in the West Midlands – the highest proportion anywhere except for London (32%).
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Wales has recently switched to reporting the volume of cases by local health board instead of by local authority, making it difficult to analyse how the prevalence of coronavirus has changed.
The volume of cases is highest in the part of Wales covered by the Aneurin Bevan University health board, which includes the areas of Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport, Torfaen and South Powys.
As of March 27, the total number of confirmed cases for the Aneurin Bevan board was 432.
In Northern Ireland, cases have just started being reported regularly by local authority area.
The latest numbers show that as of March 27 coronavirus was most prevalent in Lisburn & Castlereagh (27 cases per 100,000 population), followed by Belfast (25 cases per 100,000) and Ards & North Down (16 cases per 100,000).
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