MORE than 350 cases of coronavirus have been recorded in the Borders in the last 24 hours, the latest figures show.

The Scottish Government published updated statistics at 2pm today (December 30).

And the data shows that the region has now seen 13,944 cases of COVID-19 since March last year – a rise of 352 since yesterday.

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In the last seven days the region has recorded 1,578 cases of coronavirus.

There are 11 people in hospital in the Borders with recently confirmed cases of coronavirus, according to the figures – three more than yesterday.

Scotland has recorded 902,889 cases since the pandemic began.