Further two deaths and 2556 new coronavirus cases reported

The test positivity rate in Scotland has increased slightly from 8.8% on Saturday to 8.9% on Sunday.

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A further two deaths and 2556 new cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Scotland overnight, according to official figures.

On Sunday, the Scottish Government revealed30,652 new tests were carried out in the past 24 hours, with the test positivity rate rising slightly from 8.8% to 8.9%.

While there were just two reported deaths on Sunday, this may be due to register offices being closed on weekends.

There are 1004 people in hospital with recently confirmed Covid-19, a decrease of one from Saturday, with 78 of those in intensive care, also a decrease of one.

There have now been 4,176,832 people who have received the first dose of a coronavirus vaccination, with 3,827,110 having received their second dose.

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