Covid-19 deaths up by 44 in Scotland as cases top 11,900

Another 44 people with coronavirus in Scotland are reported to have died in the last 24 hours.

It takes the death toll of confirmed cases up to 1559, although including suspected cases, deaths number more than 2500.

The confirmed number of cases of the virus in the country, as of Saturday, stands at 11,927.

As of Friday night, there were 108 patients with confirmed or suspected Covid-19 in intensive care units, 97 of those having tested positive.

There were 1674 people in Scottish hospitals with either confirmed or suspected cases of the virus, a figure which includes those in intensive care.

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