A FURTHER six people have died after testing positive for coronavirus, according to the latest Scottish Government figures.
It takes the total number of people to die within 28 days of a positive test since the start of the pandemic to 7626.
The figure differs from the number published by the National Records of Scotland, which reports all deaths where the virus is mentioned on the death certificate.
Using data from the NRS and Public Health Scotland, the country’s death toll is understood to be more than 10,000.
A further 285 new coronavirus cases were also reported over 24 hours. That accounts for 1.6% all tests carried out.
There were 20 people in intensive care with the virus, and 168 people in hospital.
Some 2,625,577 people have now received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, while 524,812 have received their second dose.
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