ANOTHER 21 people have died in Scotland after contracting Covid-19, the latest daily figures show.
A further 2056 cases have also been recorded in the past 24 hours, with a positivity rate of 10.3%.
The deaths, recorded among people who tested positive within the previous 28 days, bring the total under that measure to 8687.
Some 998 people were in hospital with recently confirmed Covid-19, a decrease of three in 24 hours.
Of those, 65 were in intensive care, down by two.
A total of 4,223,719 people have received the first dose of the Covid vaccination and 3,849,656 have received their second dose.
Those over 70 – and those on the highest risk list – are now receiving booster jags.
People on the highest risk list who are immunosuppressed or immunocompromised are being invited separately for a third dose.
The First Minister also said there will be no further restrictions, saying: "This weekly update coincides with the latest three-week review point for the remaining Covid regulations.
"And so I can confirm - as indicated earlier - that at our meeting earlier today the Cabinet agreed to continue in force, with no immediate change, the current regulations.
"That decision reflects, firstly, that the number of cases is continuing to fall and so our judgment is that there is no need to introduce any tighter restrictions; but, secondly, that the level of infection, though falling, remains relatively high and so we consider that it is prudent at this stage, as we approach winter, to keep in place the remaining mitigations, face coverings for example, for a further period."
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