SCOTLAND has recorded more than 1000 Covid cases in the highest single-day rise since the beginning of February.
The latest Government statistics show that 1129 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in the last 24 hours. This is the highest since the 1149 of February 4.
However, the figures also show that 35,638 new tests for Covid-19 reported results in the past day. Of these, 3.4% were positive.
This means that the test positivity rate has fallen below the World Health Organisation threshold of 5% which indicates that the virus is under control.
The Government figures show that one further death of a coronavirus patient was recorded in the past 24 hours.
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This brings the total number of deaths in Scotland under this measure - of people who died within 28 days of first testing positive - to 7684.
The data also shows that 133 people were in hospital in Scotland yesterday with recently confirmed Covid-19. Of these, 15 were in intensive care.
The figures also show that at least 3,551,739 people have received the first dose of the Covid vaccination and at least 2,493,358 have received their second dose.
These figures may be slightly under reported as they exclude data from GP systems from June 14. These will be included in tomorrow's figures.
Elsewhere, the data shows that Dundee City remains the country's Covid "hotspot".
The local authority area has a seven-day case rate per 100,000 of the population of 318.8, the only area of Scotland to break the 300 barrier.
Two other areas, South Ayrshire and Edinburgh City, have seven-day rates above 200, on 250.4 and 200.8 respectively.
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