A CORONAVIRUS outbreak has been detected at a call centre in Scotland which carries out Covid-19 contact tracing for the NHS.

One worker said they believed at least seven colleagues in Lanarkshire had tested positive.

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NHS Lanarkshire said it was aware of a number of "potentially linked cases".

Measures have been brought in by the region's health board to try and suppress the potential flare-up.

Dr David Cromie, NHS Lanarkshire consultant in public health medicine, said: "We became aware this morning of a number of potentially linked cases of coronavirus in Lanarkshire.

"We instigated some immediate measures to reduce risk and are currently investigating the situation."

The news comes as Scotland recorded 23 new confirmed cases of coronavirus – the highest increase in almost a month.

Three of these were in the Lanarkshire health board area.

This figure has now risen in each of the last five days – up from three on Tuesday – although no further deaths of people with the disease have been recorded.

It is the highest record for new cases since June 21, when there were 26 positive test results.

Scotland's national clinical director Jason Leitch previously said he would not be concerned with fluctuating figures when there was a recorded spike of 21 new cases on Saturday.

He told BBC Scotland: "I expect day-to-day variation and the next thing I look at is the spread around the country.

"So 21 in one small town would worry me much more than 21 spread around the country – and these 21 are spread around the country."

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said it was still a low number of cases and fluctuation was "to be expected".

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