SCOTLAND has recorded another 370 cases of Covid-19 but there have been no new deaths for a week.
The latest Scottish Government figures show that the 370 new cases accounted for 1.8% of the total number of tests carried out. This is under the 5% World Health Organisation threshold that indicates a pandemic is under control.
There have been no new deaths among people who previously tested positive for the virus in the previous 28 days.
This means that there have been no new coronavirus deaths in Scotland under this measure since Friday, May 14 and the current toll remains 7664.
The number of Scots who have received a first dose of the Covid vaccination now stands at 3,096,341 and 1,799,956 people have received their second dose.
Glasgow is the only area in Scotland to remain in Level 3 of Scotland’s coronavirus restrictions.
The city has the highest level of Covid-19 rates in Scotland at 126.7 per 100,000 people in the seven days to May 19, up from 122.6 in the week to May 18, latest available figures showed.
Moray dropped down from Level 3 to Level 2 on Saturday while East Renfrewshire, which earlier this week had a higher seven-day average rate of cases than Glasgow, remains in Level 2.
Covid rates in East Renfrewshire in the seven days to May 19 were 108.9 per 100,000 people, down from 116.2 in the week to May 18.
In Level 2, people can hug and meet indoors – subject to restrictions – travel across the UK and overseas, and hospitality venues can open later than in Level 3 and serve alcohol indoors.
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