Coronavirus: Three deaths and 3464 new cases in 24 hours

Scots have been urged to continue to use caution after most lockdown restrictions were lifted.

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Scotland has recorded three coronavirus deaths and 3464 new cases in the past 24 hours, the latest Scottish Government figures show.

It brings the death toll under the daily measure – of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days – to 8070.

The daily test positivity rate is 10.9%, up from 10.6% the previous day.

A total of 320 people were in hospital on Friday with recently confirmed Covid-19, up by eight on the previous day, with 32 patients in intensive care, down two.

So far, 4,075,555 people have received the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccination and 3,541,708 have had their second.

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