Coronavirus in Scotland: 56 more deaths overnight due to covid-19

A total of 56 deaths due to coronavirus have been reported since yesterday, according to new figures released today.

The vaccination programme continues.

It comes as 655 new cases of were covid-19 reported, down from 715 yesterday and 827 the day before.

Of the 16,031 new tests for covid-19 that reported results, 4.8% of these were positive.

It was also revealed that 93 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed coronavirus, a drop from 99 the previous day.

1,076 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed covid-19 down from 1,141.

1,465,241 people have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccination and 43,203 have received their second dose.