SCOTLAND has recorded 1271 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, the latest figures show.
There have also been a further 13 deaths of coronavirus patients recorded in the past day. This brings the total number under this measure – of people who died within 28 days of first testing positive – to 7965.
The 1271 new cases recorded on August 4 represent 4.7% of the 29,257 new tests for Covid-19 that reported results in the past 24 hours. This is below the 5% threshold which the World Health Organisation says indicates the virus is under control.
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The Public Health Scotland figures show that the country currently has a seven-day test positivity rate of 5.6%.
Across Scotland yesterday there were 383 people in hospital with recently confirmed Covid-19. Of these, 58 were in intensive care.
A total of 4,016,326 people in Scotland have now received the first dose of the Covid vaccine, while 3,249,622 people have received their second dose.
Public Health Scotland figures also show that the nation's Covid "hotspot" is currently Inverclyde, which has a seven-day case rate of 219.3 per 100,000 people.
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