NHS Ayrshire and Arran ranked seventh on the list of the 20 worst-hit regions in Europe this week, according to World Health Organisation figures.
A seven per cent rise in the rate of cases per 100,000 saw the area rise one place in the Euro table of doom from last week's count.Data shows it took the board area to seventh worst affected area in Europe — table-toppers were NHS Lanarkshire and second-placed NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.Ayrshire's seven-day case incidence in the board area stood at 722 per 100,000 people on September 4, with 2625 cases in the previous week.Rankings for the WHO's European COVID-19 table in the 'Subnational regions', are based on Covid infections per 100,000 people.The figure in NHS Ayrshire and Arran stood at.