SCOTLAND has recorded 1250 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, according to the latest Government statistics.
However, the latest data comes with a warning that Public Health Scotland has been made "aware of a data flow issue" with NHS Grampian. This means that, from June 18 to June 21, that health board reported a lower number of Covid cases than was expected.
The Government release says this issue has been resolved. As such, these cases and tests are expected to be included in tomorrow’s figures.
The 1250 cases reported today represent 7.2% of the 18,580 new tests for Covid-19 that reported results in the past 24 hours.
This means the country's test postivity rate has again exceeded the 5% which the World Health Organisation says indicates the virus is under control.
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Despite the rise in cases, no further deaths of coronavirus patients in Scotland have been recorded in the past 24 hours.
This means that the total number of deaths in Scotland under this measure - of people who died within 28 days of first testing positive for the virus - remains at 7692.
The latest Government stats also show that, across Scotland, there were 158 people in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed Covid-19. Of these, 14 were in intensive care.
However, server problems experienced by NHS Lothian have affected the reporting of these figures over the weekend. This issue has been resolved and updated figures will be included in tomorrow's data.
In terms of the vaccine roll-out, 3,647,437 people in Scotland have received the first dose of the Covid vaccination. A total of 2,586,970 people have also received their second dose.
Elsewhere, the data shows that Dundee City remains Scotland's Covid "hotspot". On 303.4, the local authority area is the only one in Scotland to have a seven-day case rate of above 300 per 100,000 of the population.
The City of Edinburgh is the second worst hit area in the country, but it has a much lower seven-day case rate of 230.5 per 100,000 people.
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