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Covid infection rates in East Renfrewshire are now higher than Glasgow, figures show.
The weekly case rate on 17 May reached 118.3, with Glasgow on 112.1, according to Public Health Scotland.
The rate is a key indicator of which restriction level an area should be in, with 50 cases per 100,000 set as the threshold for level three.
Glasgow is currently in level three, but East Renfrewshire went down to level two on Monday.
In Moray - the other level three area - the rate is continuing to fall and on 17 May was 36.5 cases per 100,000 people.
The Scottish government is expected to review the levels assigned to each local authority at the end of the week.
BBC News Households, not community driving Covid outbreak
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The leader of East Renfrewshire Council believes the current rise in Covid cases is down to households and not wider community transmission.
Councillor Tony Buchanan told BBC Scotland: “Cases are rising and we are more than aware of that - they are concerning, I don’t think there is any doubt looking at these numbers. Within that though we are looking at a lot of household transmission, as opposed to wider community transmission.
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Three million to be injected into East Renfrewshire s roads for resurfacing A total of £3 million will be injected into East Renfrewshire s roads and pavements as the council looks to carry out a major resurfacing programme. Improvements will be made to 73 sites in the area - and will be carried out over and above the existing annual roads resurfacing works which were approved by the council in March 2021. All of East Renfrewshire’s roads are assessed and reported on nationally each year. The council is currently ranked second in Scotland for the condition of its A class roads, which are classed as the most important routes for residents and visitors. B and C class roads are better than the Scottish average for both categories.
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