THERE have been a further 50 coronavirus deaths recorded over the last 24 hours, the First Minister has said.
Speaking at the Scottish Government’s daily briefing after appearing before MSPs at the Covid-19 Committee, Nicola Sturgeon said the total number of people who have died after testing positive for coronavirus in the last 28 days since the beginning of the pandemic now stands at 2927.
Sturgeon added that there have been 1433 coronavirus cases recorded over the past 24 hours, accounting for 7.9% of the tests carried out.
Of the new cases there were 602 cases in Greater Glasgow and Clyde, 318 in Lanarkshire, 163 in Lothian and 88 in Ayrshire and Arran. The remaining cases were spread across eight other health board areas.
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There were 1257 people in hospital, an increase of three on the previous day, and 94 people in intensive care, an increase of two on the previous day.
It comes after the latest National Records of Scotland update was published today, which said there have been 4649 coronavirus deaths in the country.
These statistics differ from the lab-confirmed coronavirus deaths announced daily by the Scottish Government because they include suspected or probable cases of Covid-19.
The figures show 167 deaths relating to Covid-19 were registered between October 26 and November 1, an increase of 61 from the previous week.
Over two-thirds of those who died in the latest week were aged 75 and over, while 8% were aged under 65.
A total of 127 of these deaths took place in hospitals, 31 occurred in care homes and nine at home or in a non-institutional setting.
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