THE latest localised figures for coronavirus infection rates has shown a major improvement for central Fife wards.

The Scottish Government’s neighbourhood interactive map shows which council wards are worst hit by Covid-19 to a weekly average based on a population per 100,000 people.

The past week, November 13 – November 19, the latest information available, there is just four central wards with the highest infection rate – remarkably down from 10 last week.

Wards in that category, with over 100 infections per 100,000 people are: Cardenden, Cowdenbeath South, Kelty East, and Kelty West.

In the second highest rate, with 75-99 infections per 100,000 people, were Cowdenbeath North, Lochgelly East, and Thornton and Kinglassie.

Hill of Beath and Kingseat, and Lochgelly West and Lumphinnans both came out in the third highest with an infection rate of 50-74 per 100,000 people.

Lochore and Crosshill and Crossgates and Halbeath were in the bottom two categories, respectively.