THE Borders has recorded 106 new cases of coronavirus in the last day, according to new figures.

Scottish Government data was published at 2pm today (February 22).

And the updated statistics show that the Borders has now recorded 21,305 cases of COVID-19 since March 2020.

There are 16 people in hospital in the region – six fewer than yesterday.

Scotland has seen 1,355,657 cases since the start of the pandemic, according to the figures.