SCOTLAND has recorded a further 1381 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the latest figures show.

The new cases represent 4.9% of the 30,788 tests for Covid-19 that reported results in the past day. This is below the 5% threshold which the World Health Organisation says means the virus is under control.

The latest data also shows there have been another 11 deaths of patients with Covid-19. This brings the total number under this measure – of people who died within 28 days of first testing positive – to 7976.

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Across Scotland's hospitals yesterday there were 381 people with recently confirmed Covid-19, a fall of two on the previous day. Of these, 55 were in intensive care, a fall of three.

Some 4,018,503 people in Scotland have now received the first dose of the Covid vaccination and 3,268,887 have received a second jag.