ANOTHER 1237 people in Scotland have tested positive for Covid-19, the Government has announced.
No further deaths were recorded among people who recently contracted the disease, meaning the total under that measurement remains 7848.
Some 18,180 tests were carried out in the past 24 hours, with a positivity rate of 7.5%.
The 1237 new cases is down from 1307 on Saturday.
It is the lowest daily figure recorded for just over a month – although Public Health Scotland (PHS) said it had not received any data from NHS Tayside laboratories since just before 5pm on Friday July 23.
PHS added it was working with NHS Tayside to "resolve this issue".
There are 480 people were in hospital with recently confirmed Covid-19, an increase of two in 24 hours.
Of those, 64 were in intensive care, up by four.
A total of 3,997,105 people have received the first dose of the Covid vaccination and 3,079,492 have received their second dose.
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