Nicola Sturgeon delivered a Covid briefing this afternoon
TWO coronavirus deaths and 950 new cases have been recorded in Scotland in the past 24 hours, Nicola Sturgeon said.
It means the death toll under this daily measure – of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days – stands at 7690.
Sturgeon said 251,911 people have now tested positive for the virus and the daily test positivity rate is 3.5%, down from 4.6% the previous day.
A total of 128 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed Covid-19, down 12, with 12 patients in intensive care, no change.
So far, 3,591,638 people have received the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccination, up 19,912 on yesterday, and 2,535,803 have received their second dose, up 19,737.
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