Scotland records six more Covid deaths amid 563 new cases

A total of 2,358,807 people have received the first dose of the vaccination and 294,714 have received their second dose.

Scotland records six more Covid deaths amid 563 new cases Getty Images

A further six people have died of coronavirus in the last 24 hours.

Figures released by the Scottish Government reveal 563 new cases of the virus have been reported overnight.

This takes the total number of cases since the start of the pandemic in Scotland to 216,705.

The latest figures bring the death toll of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days to 7584 .

The daily test positivity rate is 2.4% and statistics also revealed a total of 283 people are being treated in hospital, with 26 in ICU.

As of Saturday, 2,358,807 people have received the first dose of the Covid vaccination and 294,714 have received their second dose.

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