Five more deaths and 289 new coronavirus cases in Scotland

The latest figures released by the Scottish Government show the daily positivity rate is now 1.5%.

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A further five deaths from coronavirus have been reported as Scotland recorded 289 new cases in the past 24 hours.

On Tuesday, the Scottish Government released the latest coronavirus figures which showed the daily positivity rate now stands at 1.5%.

There are currently 192 people in hospital having recently tested positive for Covid-19.

Of that number, 21 people were being treated in intensive care.

Figures also showed that 2,593,932 people have now received a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, with 479,239 having received their second dose.

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