Covid Scotland: 16 new deaths related to coronavirus
Scotland has recorded 16 coronavirus-linked deaths and 5,692 new cases in the past 24 hours, the latest figures show.
The data published by the Scottish Government indicates the death toll under the daily measure – of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days – is now 8,181.
The test positivity rate was 13.% down from 14.5% the previous day.
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A total of 4,128,998 people have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccination and 3,742,826 have received their second dose.