ANOTHER three people have died in Scotland after contracting Covid-19, according to the latest figures.
A further 231 people tested positive in the past 24 hours, with a positivity rate of 1.1%.
The deaths, among patients who tested positive in the previous 28 days, bring the total under that measure to 7647.
Some 93 people are in hospital with recently confirmed Covid-19, a decrease of 14 in 24 hours.
Of those, 12 are in intensive care, a drop of two.
A total of 2,755,175 people have received the first dose of a Covid vaccination – and increase of 2600 – and 898,231 have received their second dose – and rise of 50,576.
1,892,819 people in Scotland have been tested for #coronavirus
— Scottish Government (@scotgov) April 22, 2021
The total confirmed as positive has risen by 231 to 224,596
Sadly 3 more patients who tested positive have died (7,646 in total)
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