ANOTHER 24 people have died after testing positive for Covid-19, the latest Scottish Government data shows.

A further 2732 Covid cases were also recorded in the past 24 hours.

It means the death toll under this daily measure – of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days – is 9143.

The daily test positivity rate was 7.7%, up from 6.3% the previous day, the latest data shows.

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There were 926 people in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed coronavirus, down six on the day before. Of these 60 people were in intensive care, up two.

In terms of the vaccination effort, 4,314,144 people have received their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccination and 3,903,299 have received their second dose.

The Scottish Government has noted that today's testing and case numbers may be affected by a data flow issue at the Glasgow Lighthouse laboratory. The Government added that the position has improved but there are still some delays in results being sent.