A FURTHER 3823 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Scotland.

Speaking at a Covid-19 briefing, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the test positivity rate recorded yesterday was 10.8%.

There were also four deaths recorded among people who tested positive for coronavirus in the previous 28 days, taking the total under that measurement to 7726.

There are 285 people in hospital, an increase of 10 on the previous day, including 19 people in intensive care, an increase of three.

Some 3,831,770 people have had their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, 15,519 more people than yesterday.

And over the past 24 hours another 14,622 people received their second dose, taking the total to 2,737,347 – more than half of the adult population.

It comes as the Scottish Government announced that walk-in coronavirus vaccination centres will be open in every part of mainland Scotland from Monday.

All mainland health boards will offer drop-in clinics as the rollout nears the target of all Scottish adults receiving at least one dose.

Everyone aged 18 and over will be able to attend one of the walk-in centres for their first jag or – if eight weeks have passed – their second dose without needing an appointment.

The First Minister urged any unvaccinated Scots and those who have waited at least eight weeks for a second dose to get a vaccination after the announcement.

Sturgeon said: “If you haven’t had a first dose or if you are now due for a second dose, from Monday, you’ll be able to visit a drop-in centre in order to get one.

“And let me stress, you can do this even if you’ve had a letter giving you an appointment, or if you’ve missed an appointment.

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“If you’d rather turn up next week to drop in, you can do that even if you’ve had an appointment scheduled for maybe a week or two from now.”

She added: “Information about all of the drop-in centres in your own health board area will be available online so I would encourage you to check this out over the weekend.”

Sturgeon also confirmed additional money will be given to Scotland’s health boards for costs caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

She said: “Further funding for Covid matters is being made available today to help boards across the country – almost £380 million is being allocated to help with additional costs this year.

“That includes the cost of the vaccination programme, the Test and Protect system and PPE.

“This is on top of the £1.7 billion for Covid allocated last year to health boards and to health and social care partnerships.”

In Scotland, around one in 150 people are estimated to have had Covid-19 in the week to June 26 – up from one in 220 in the previous week, and the highest level since the week to February 6, according to the latest estimates from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

For Wales, the latest estimate is one in 450 people, up from one in 830 in the previous week and the highest level since the week to March 20.

In Northern Ireland the ONS described the trend as “uncertain”, with a latest estimate of one in 670 people, up slightly from one in 720 in the previous week.