The daily test positivity rate was 1.2%, according to the latest Scottish government figures.
To date 2,883,384 people have received the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine and 1,450,798 have received their second dose., with 96 per 100,000 people in the seven days to 5 May, significantly higher than the rest of the country.
A mobile testing unit arrived in Elgin on Friday as part of moves to reduce the spread of the virus and asymptomatic people are being encouraged to take regular lateral flow tests. East Ayrshire has the second highest number of cases in Scotland, with 36.9 per 100,000, followed by Glasgow at 34.7 per 100,000 people in the seven days to 5 May.
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