Coronavirus cases continued to fall slightly across Glasgow in the seven days before it was announced the city would go back into level four on Boxing Day.

For the week up to Friday December 18 the number of positive cases recorded in Glasgow was 911, a decrease from 938 the week before and from 976 the week before that.

The rate of positive cases per 100,000 another key indicator for allocating council areas into levels was 143.9, down from 148.2 from the previous week

The test positivity rate, the percentage of those tested who get a positive result, was however 6.3%, which is above the 5% level where the World Health Organisation says the virus is suppressed.

The test positivity rate remained the same as the previous week.

There were a number of local areas in the city where the virus was at a level of between 0 and 2 positive cases, where it is considered suppressed.

The latest seven day average figures, published by Public Health Scotland show up to last Friday, just a day before Nicola Sturgeon announced that Scotland would enter level four lockdown on Boxing Day in the wake of a number of cases of the new variant of Covid-19, that has been detected, being found in Scotland.

The area with the highest level of cases in Glasgow was Darnley West, shown on the map as the darkest purple, which had 24 positive cases and a rate of more than 400 per 100,000 population.

Others that had a rate of between 200 and 399 per 200 thousand are shown on the map as the next darkest purple.

Govanhill West had 22 cases, Penilee 18, Barlanark 15, Toryglen and Oatlands 14,Possilpark 14, Robroyston and Millerston 13, Roystonhill, Blochairn and Provanmill, 13, Springburn 13, Summerston Central and west 13.

In total there were 30 areas with a rate of between 200 and 399 per 100,000.

The lowest areas where the virus was considered to be suppressed with either zero, one or two cases were.

There were 19 areas in that category, shown on the map as white.

They were Alexandra Parade, Bridgeton, Calton and Gallowgate, Carmyle and Mount Vernon South, City Centre South, Glenwood North, Ibrox, Kelvindale, Kinsgspark South, Knightswood Park East, Knightswood Park West, Merrylee and Millbrae, Milton east, Mount Florida, Shettleston North Sighthill, Victoria Park and Wyndford.

Two other areas had a low rate of between 1 and 49, Braidfauld and Finnieston and Kelvinhaugh.

Another 25 areas had between 50 and 99 cases per 100,000 population, shown as grey on the map.

The biggest category was where there were between 100 and 199 cases per 100,000. There were 59 areas in the city in that grouping shown as the third darkest on the map.

The latest daily update for Scotland showed there had been 1504 new positive cases recorded.

Nicola Sturgeon said it was thought there was backlog in processing tests, which in part led to the increased number.

There were 1,078 people in hospital confirmed to have the virus, up 17 in 24 hours.

No deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours of someone who had tested positive.

Ms Sturgeon said, the lockdown is designed prevent the new variant spreading.

She said: “If we do nothing now, we are likely to see more new infections in Scotland as a result of this variant - placing an even greater strain on our health service, and leading to more deaths.

“But as things stand, with our lower prevalence in a relative sense, we still have a chance of keeping this situation under control while the vaccination programme continues - and while we get case numbers back to very low levels again.”