SCOTLAND recorded seven deaths from coronavirus between December 25 and 29, Scottish Government figures have shown.
It brings the death toll under this measure - of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days - to 4467.
The Scottish Government noted that register offices have been closed over the public holidays.
Up to December 10, 6298 deaths have been registered in Scotland where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.
The figures also showed 1895 new cases of Covid-19 were reported on December 29.
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The Government reported the results of 14179 tests with 14.4% of them coming back positive, up from 12.2% on the previous day.
Of these, 5121 were from NHS Scotland labs and 9058 were from the UK Government testing programme.
The latest statistics show 122,786 people have now tested positive in Scotland, up from 120,891 the previous day.
There are 1092 people in hospital confirmed to have the virus. Of these patients, 65 are in intensive care.
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