Scotland records another 13 Covid deaths and more than 3300 new cases
ANOTHER 13 people who previously tested positive for Covid-19 have died in Scotland, the latest daily figures.
A further 3360 new cases have also been reported, with a test positivity rate of 8.8%.
The latest deaths bring the total under the daily measure, of those who died within 28 days of testing positive for coronavirus, to 9419.
There were 774 people in hospitals across Scotland with recently confirmed Covid, an increase of five in 24 hours.
Of those people, 57 were in intensive care, no change from Tuesday.
A total of 4,332,835 people have received their first dose of a Covid vaccination and 3,931,709 have received their second dose.
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