SCOTLAND has recorded more than 1300 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours as a spike in daily figures continues.
The latest Scottish Government figures show that 1317 new cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in the past 24 hours. This is a rise of almost 200 cases from yesterday when a high of 1149 was recorded.
This is the highest daily figure recorded since February of this year.
Sadly, four more people have died after testing positive for Covid-19 in the past 24 hours.
This brings the total number of deaths in Scotland under this measure - of people who died within 28 days of first testing positive - to 7688.
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There was also a rise in the positivity rate with the new cases making up 4.6% of all tests for Covid-19 that reported results. It's a rise of 1.2% on the figure reported yesterday.
There were 140 people in hospital yesterday with the virus, a rise of seven on the previous day. However, the number of people in intensive care has fallen to 12 patients, a decline of three.
Some 3,571,726 people have received the first dose of the Covid vaccination and 2,516,066 have received a second jag.
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