East Kilbride in the last week - despite a fall in South Lanarkshire as a whole. In total, 898 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the region between Monday and Sunday, November 2 and 8 - the lowest since the start of October.The Hamilton area remains the region's COVID hotspot with 370 confirmed cases last week - down from a peak of 522 in week beginning October 19.
However, case numbers in East Kilbride and Avondale jumped from 169 in week beginning October 26 to 255 last week - an increase of more than 50 per cent in a week.
Rutherglen and Cambuslang also saw a slight increase in COVID cases to 207 last week, up from 201 the week before but numbers in Clydesdale fell below 100 for the first time since the start of October to.