ANOTHER 87 people have died in Scotland after contracting Covid-19.
A further 1049 cases were also recorded in the past 24 hours, according to the latest figures.
The death toll under this measure – of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days – is now 5796.
Scottish Government statistics show the daily test positivity rate is 9%, up slightly from 8.6% on the previous day when 752 new cases were recorded.
A total of 174,002 people have tested positive in Scotland since the start of the pandemic, up from 172,953 on Monday.
There are 2010 people in hospital with recently confirmed Covid-19, down six in 24 hours.
Of these patients, 149 are in intensive care – a decrease of two.
Meanwhile, Public Health Scotland announced 437,900 people in the country had received the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine by Tuesday, an increase of 22,498 from the previous day.
It added that 6060 people have received the second dose, a rise of 522.
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