Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterAyrshire hospitals are dealing with a record number of coronavirus patients, new figures show.Statistics released by Public Health Scotland reveal there are 201 Covid patients in the region - the highest number since the pandemic began.That includes a further 11 virus-related admissions in the last 24 hours.A total of 11 deaths have also been confirmed as Ayrshire tries to get to grips with a winter wave of the disease.
Seven of those were North Ayrshire patients with the remaining four from East Ayrshire.Ten people are battling the disease in intensive care which is a reduction of two on yesterday's figures.New cases continue to rise too.