Covid: Six deaths, 1003 new cases and more than 20,000 vaccinated

A further six people have died in Scotland after being diagnosed with coronavirus, the Scottish Government has confirmed.

The death toll of those who had tested positive now stands at 6106, however weekly figures on suspected Covid-19 deaths recorded by National Records of Scotland suggest the most up-to-date total is at least 7902.

Total confirmed cases of the virus has risen to 179,685 – a jump of 1003 in the past 24 hours.

The daily test positivity rate is 8.1%, up from the 5.5% reported on Saturday when 994 cases were recorded.

Of the new cases reported on Sunday, 291 are in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde region, 176 are in Lanarkshire, 121 are in Lothian, and 113 are in Ayrshire and Arran.

The rest of the cases are spread out across eight other health board areas.

According to NHS boards across Scotland, 1941 people are currently in hospital with confirmed or suspected Covid-19 – 11 fewer than what was reported on Saturday. Out of those, 143 patients are in intensive care.

The Scottish Government also confirmed that 566,269 Scots have received their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, an increase of 22,899 from the day before.

It added that 7794 people have received their second dose, a rise of 156.