ANOTHER person has died in Scotland after contracting coronavirus, the Government has announced.
A further 344 people have also tested positive for Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, The new cases are 9.1% of newly-tested individuals, down from 11.5% the previous day.
A total of 27,576 people have now tested positive in Scotland since the outbreak began.
Of the new cases, 172 are in Greater Glasgow and Clyde, 58 in Lanarkshire and 40 in Lothian.
One new death of a confirmed Covid-19 patient has been recorded in the past 24 hours, putting the number of fatalities in Scotland at 2511.
There are 105 people in hospital confirmed to have the virus, up by six in 24 hours.
Of these patients, 12 were in intensive care, one more than the day before.
Overall, cases recorded in the past 24 hours dropped by more than 50% on those reported yesterday, when the Scottish Government announced 714.
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