ANOTHER three people have died in Scotland after testing positive for Covid-19, new daily data reveals.
A further 7561 new cases were also recorded in the daily figures released on January 9. The new cases represent 23.2% of the 38,423 new tests that reported results.
The three deaths - of people who died within 28 days of testing positive - bring the total toll under the daily measure to 9934.
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Public Health Scotland is continuing to monitor delays in tests being received and results being reported which it indicates has been caused by a large volume of tests being processed by labs.
There were 1382 people in hospital on Saturday with recently confirmed Covid-19, an increase of 20 in 24 hours.
Of these people, 55 were in intensive care, up by seven.
A total of 4,391,558 people have received their first dose of a Covid vaccination and 4,045,667 have received their second dose.
Some 3,101,096 have now received a third dose or booster.
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