TWO more people have died in Scotland after contracting Covid-19, the Government has announced.
A further 527 cases have also been recorded in the past 24 hours, with a positivity rate of 3.8%.
The deaths, registered among people who tested positive in the previous 28 days, bring the total under the measurement to 7131.
Some 837 people are in hospital with recently confirmed Covid, a decrease of 61 in 24 hours.
Of those, 78 are in intensive care, an increase of four.
1,686,065 people in Scotland have been tested for #coronavirus
— Scottish Government (@scotgov) February 28, 2021
The total confirmed as positive has risen by 572 to 202,084
Sadly 2 more patients who tested positive have died (7,131 in total)
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A total of 1,593,695 people have now received the first dose of a Covid vaccination and 76,512 have received their second dose.
The positivity rate is below the World Health Organisation’s 5% threshold, signaling the pandemic is “under control”.
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