Edinburgh's Covid-19 rate described as 'encouraging' as Jason Leitch points to drop in cases

Edinburgh's Covid-19 rate is 'encouraging' according to Jason Leitch, with the number of positive cases per 100,000 people down 16 per cent in the last week. The National Clinical Director says the people of Edinburgh 'seem to be following the guidance in such a way that gets test positivity down'. Leitch pointed to the fact the Covid cases, per 100,000, slowly dropped in the week leading up to 26 November. However he warned against getting too excited, adding that the test positivity number is only down marginally. He said: 'One of the challenges with this disease, apart from the incubation period, is the time it takes for the numbers to fall. It's much easier for the virus to rise than fall. Edinburgh city does look better in the last seven days. It's 16 per cent down in number of positives per 100,000. It is only 0.8 down in test positivity, so we shouldn't get too excited.