THE Borders has recorded 86 new cases of coronavirus in the last day, latest figures show.

According to Scottish Government data published at 2pm today (November 5), the Borders has now seen 9,501 cases of the virus since the start of the pandemic.

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There remain 21 people in the hospital in the Borders with confirmed cases of the virus.

Scotland has now recorded 656,497 cases of the virus since March last year, according to the latest data.