THE number of people who have died in Scotland after testing positive for Covid-19 has increased to 779, Nicola Sturgeon has announced.
That marks a rise of 80 from the 699 deaths reported 24 hours previously. Wider figures covering all cases where the virus is mentioned on a death certificate are also issued every Wednesday.
The First Minister said 7102 people have now tested positive for the virus, up by 354 from 6748.
There were 196 people in intensive care with coronavirus or coronavirus symptoms as last night, one more than the previous day.
There are 1799 people in hospital with confirmed or suspected Covid-19, up 51 from yesterday’s figure of 1748.
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