THE spread of coronavirus in central Fife continues to slow down, new data has revealed.

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

For the week up to and including February 5, the most recent data available, there are no central Fife areas in the highest category of 400+ cases per 100,000 people.

There are now six local wards in the “suppressed” category of the virus, up one from last week’s figures.

Lochgelly West and Lumphinnans, Kelty West, Kelty East, Crossgates and Halbeath, Cowdenbeath South, and Cardenden have all “suppressed” Covid.

However, one area has leapt up the table. Lochore and Crosshill had last week suppressed the virus but is now the worst-hit area in the whole of Fife, sitting in the second highest category with 200-399 infections per 100,000 people.

Hill of Beath and Kingseat, Cowdenbeath North, and Ballingry all sit in the third highest category with a rate of 100-199 infections.

Lochgelly East, meanwhile, fell in the 50-99 category.

Across the whole of Fife there is a seven day positivity rate of 3.7 per cent, down from 4.1 per cent last week.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) outline that a positive percentage over five is “out of control”.