Scotland records 37 new Covid deaths as cases continue rise

Figures released by the Scottish Government also showed there were 4024 new cases in the past 24 hours.

Scotland records 37 new Covid deaths as cases continue riseiStock

Scotland has recorded a further 37 Covid-related deaths in the past 24 hours.

Figures released by the Scottish Government also showed there were 4024 new cases confirmed overnight.

Figures published by the Scottish Government indicate the death toll under the daily measure – of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days – is now 8464.

The daily test positivity rate is 8%, up from 7.8% the previous day.

There were 1057 people in hospital with recently confirmed Covid-19 with 86 in intensive care.

A total of 4,166,056 people have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccination and 3,818,428 have received their second dose.

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