THE Borders has recorded 40 new cases of coronavirus in the last day, latest figures show.

According to Scottish Government data published at 2pm today (October 29), the Borders has now seen 8,970 cases of the virus since the start of the pandemic.

There remain 30 people in the hospital in the Borders with confirmed cases of the virus.

Scotland has now recorded 637,266 cases of the virus since March last year, according to the latest data.