Renfrewshire are nearing 300 after more people lost their lives to the virus this month. New figures show that a further 10 people died in the first week of December, bringing the total number of Renfrewshire fatalities to 293.Half of these deaths took place in local care homes.In the past fortnight alone, 14 older people died after contracting the virus in residential care.The news comes as the self isolation period for close contacts of people with Covid-19 has been reduced from 14 to 10 days.The change, which comes into effect on Monday, has been approved after a review of the medical evidence.Research, published yesterday, is also showing that new treatments are improving the chances of survival for covid patients admitted to intensive.