SCOTLAND has once again recorded more than 6000 new Covid cases in 24 hours.
The latest figures, released on Wednesday, show that 6170 positive Covid tests were registered.
That represents 11.5% of the 57,279 new tests for the disease that reported results. This puts Scotland's test positivity rate at more than double the 5% theshold which the World Health Organisation says indicates the virus is under control.
Public Health Scotland data shows the nation's seven-day test positivity rate also far exceeds this threshold, at 13.5%.
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The latest data also shows that nine further deaths of coronavirus patients were recorded in the past 24 hours.
This brings the total number in Scotland under this measure – of people who died within 28 days of first testing positive – to 8127.
Across Scotland yesterday there were 629 people in hospital with recently confirmed Covid-19. Of these, 59 were in intensive care.
In terms of the vaccination effort, 4,108,804 people in Scotland have now received their first jag. A total of 3,691,066 have also received their second dose.
The latest government figures come as National Records of Scotland (NRS) released data showing that 10,554 people have died in Scotland with Covid-19 mentioned on the death certificate – more than 2000 above the other official figure.
The latest NRS data shows 48 fatalities mentioning Covid-19 on the death certificate were registered in the week from August 23 to August 29, an increase of seven on the previous seven days.
Seven of the deaths occurred in the Scottish Borders council area – the largest number in the country.
Six deaths were recorded in Glasgow and five in East Lothian, with 20 council areas registering at least one death.
Of the latest deaths, nine were people were aged under 65, 11 were 65-74, and 28 were 75 or older.
The majority of the deaths took place in hospitals, while seven were in care homes, and five were at home or in a non-institutional setting.
The NRS statistics are published weekly and cover all deaths registered in Scotland where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.
They differ from the lab-confirmed coronavirus deaths announced daily by the Scottish Government because the NRS figures include suspected or probable cases of Covid-19.
The total number of deaths registered in Scotland in the week to August 29 was 1099, up by 100 (10%) on the five-year average.
Pete Whitehouse, NRS director of statistical services, said: “Today’s NRS figures show that there were 48 deaths in Scotland last week where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate, an increase of seven on the previous week’s figure.
“Deaths from all causes were 10% higher than average for the equivalent week in the period 2015 to 2019.
“This is the 14th consecutive week where deaths have been above average.”
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