Lanarkshire on Sunday. As a result, last week there were 988 new Covid-19 cases in the region – a 14 per cent decrease on the previous week.Weekly case numbers are now down by almost two-thirds since peaking at 2719 in week beginning October 19.Last week was the second week since the Scottish Government moved Lanarkshire into the top tier of coronavirus restrictions in a bid to reduce the “stubbornly high” prevalence of the virus in the region before Christmas.And the First Minister confirmed that the region would come out of Tier 4 from Friday.In total, more than 20,000 people in Lanarkshire have tested positive for Covid-19, and 671 people in the region have died after testing positive.Lanarkshire has been the second-worst affected region.