NHS Borders is withholding the specific details of new coronavirus cases to “protect patient confidentiality”.

Since Monday, (September 14), the Borders has recorded a total of 32 cases.

But the local health has now issued a statement revealing the locations of new cases will not be publicly announced.

NHS Borders’ associate director of public health, Keith Allan, said: "To protect patient confidentiality, details on individual cases are not shared with the public, and this includes the geographic location of where the person who has received a positive test for COVID-19 lives."

Since March, the Borders has recorded 447 cases.