Up to four people have died after a Covid-19 outbreak on a cancer ward at an Edinburgh hospital, causing the department to be closed off as six more test positive. NHS Lothian says it has discharged patients from its cancer ward at Western General Hospital in Edinburgh, but some are being kept in over the weekend. The health board's Health Protection Team and the nationwide Test and Protect teams are carrying out contact tracing of visitors and outpatients, where necessary. Rising coronavirus cases in Scotland saw a tightening of lockdown measures earlier this week, which will begin tonight. It comes after Scotland recorded 1,246 new coronavirus cases and six deaths today.

Source: Daily Mail October 09, 2020 18:42 UTC