A total of 4,419,733 people have received the first dose of the Covid vaccination in Scotland
SCOTLAND has recorded 24 more coronavirus deaths and a further 5650 positive cases of the virus.
The figures, provided in the daily update from the Scottish Government, take the number of people who have died within 28 days of a positive Covid test to 10,431.
There were 990 people in hospital on Friday with recently confirmed Covid-19, down from 1,042 on Thursday.
The number of people requiring intensive care decreased from 27 to 25.
The figures also showed that across Scotland 4,419,733 people have received the first dose of the Covid vaccination, 4,134,606 have received their second dose, and 3,314,502 have received a third dose or booster.
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