ANOTHER 30 people have died in Scotland after contracting Covid-19, the latest figures show.
The deaths, recorded in the past 24 hours among people who tested positive in the previous 28 days, bring the total under that measurement to 8293.
A further 4917 cases have also been recorded, with a positivity rate of 9.2%.
Some 1079 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed Covid.
Of those, 91 were in intensive care.
A total of 4,146,847 people have received their first dose of a vaccine and 3,791,597 have received their second.
Meanwhile, the number of confirmed or suspected coronavirus deaths has risen by 76 in the last week.
Data from National Records of Scotland (NRS) shows that as of September 12 there have been 10,688 deaths registered in Scotland where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.
Twelve of those who died in the week of September 6-12 were aged under 65, 13 were aged 65-74 and 51 were over 75.
Glasgow City Council and North Lanarkshire had eight deaths each in that period, with seven deaths in South Lanarkshire, six deaths in Dundee City, and five deaths in the City of Edinburgh.
Sixty-two people died in hospital, six in a care home and eight at home or in a place that was not an institution.
The 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.
Pete Whitehouse, NRS Director of Statistical Services, said: "Today's NRS figures show that there were 76 deaths in Scotland last week where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate, an increase of 18 deaths on the previous week."
"Between March 2020 and August 2021, 93% of people who died with Covid had at least one pre-existing condition, the most common condition being dementia or Alzheimer's disease."
The figures showed that of the 10,609 deaths involving Covid-19 between March 2020 and August 2021, more than nine out of 10 (93%) had at least one pre-existing condition.
However, younger people dying with Covid-19 between March 2020 and August 2021 were more likely to have no pre-existing conditions.
In the 65 and over age group, 6% of people dying with Covid-19 had no pre-existing conditions, the same for both men and women.
Among the under 65s, 12% of females and 15% of males who died with Covid-19 had no pre-existing conditions.
In the period from March 2020 to August 2021, there were 15 deaths where post Covid-19 conditions (including long Covid) were mentioned on the death certificate.
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