A total of 192 Ayrshire and Arran residents have died as a result of contracting coronavirus.The figures released today by the National Records of Scotland (NRS) take into account COVID-19 deaths up to Sunday, May 3.The news means that 33 patients in the region have died in a week.Across Ayrshire, 45 per cent of deaths took place in care homes, while hospital deaths also accounted for 45 per cent of the figures.In East Ayrshire, 49 have died as a result of contracting COVID-19.
In North Ayrshire, 68 have died and in South Ayrshire, 75 have passed away.In South Ayrshire, more people have died in care homes (51 per cent) compared to hospitals (43 per cent).In East Ayrshire, hospital deaths accounted for 51 per cent of COVID-19 fatalities,