SCOTLAND has recorded another 36 coronavirus deaths over the last 24 hours, the Health Secretary has confirmed.
Speaking at the Scottish Government’s Covid-19 briefing, Jeane Freeman said the number of deaths under the official measurement – where a patient has died within 28 days of testing positive for the virus – is now 4239.
These figures differ from those published by the National Records of Scotland, which reports all deaths where coronavirus is mentioned on the death certificate.
Freeman also said a further 744 new coronavirus cases have been recorded over 24 hours, accounting for 4.2% of all tests carried out.
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Of those 172 cases were in Greater Glasgow and Clyde, 158 were in Lothian, and 94 were in Grampian. The remaining cases were spread across eight other health board areas.
There were 1032 people in hospital with Covid-19, an increase of 20 on the previous day, and the number of people in intensive care remained at 50.
The Health Secretary spoke as three countries were removed from the Scottish Government’s quarantine exemption list.
From 4am tomorrow people entering the UK from Namibia, Uruguay and the US Virgin Islands must self-isolate for 14 days.
The general advice on travel remains the same – all overseas travel should be avoided.
Freeman also gave an update on car parking charges at hospitals, saying an agreement has been made for parking charges at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Glasgow Royal Infirmary and Ninewells to be suspended until March 2021.
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