A FURTHER 92 coronavirus deaths have been registered in Scotland over the last 24 hours, the First Minister has confirmed.
Speaking at the Scottish Government daily briefing, Nicola Sturgeon said that overall 5888 people have now died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic.
These figures differ from the National Records of Scotland (NRS) data, which records all deaths where the virus is mentioned on the death certificate.
It comes after the UK passed the grim 100,000 Covid-19 deaths milestone.
A further 1330 coronavirus cases were recorded, the First Minister said, accounting for 6.2% of the total number of tests carried out.
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Of those 394 were in Greater Glasgow and Clyde, 245 were in Lanarksire, 134 were in Lothian and the remaining cases were spread across nine other health board areas.
As of 8.30am this morning, Sturgeon said, 462,092 people have received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine in Scotland.
That means 56% of over-80s in the community, as well as 95% of care home residents, have now had their first dose.
There are 2016 people in hospital with the virus, up six on the day prior, including 145 people in intensive care – four fewer.
According to the NRS a total of 7902 people have died in Scotland with confirmed or suspected coronavirus.
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The figures show 448 deaths relating to Covid-19 were registered between January 18 and 24, up 75 on the previous week.
Of these, the majority were in hospital at 294, with 111 in care homes, 35 at home or in a non-institutional setting and eight in other institutions.
North Lanarkshire recorded the highest number of deaths at 48, followed by Glasgow City at 43 and Fife at 33.
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