Coronavirus in Scotland: 378 new cases but no new deaths recorded in the last 24 hours

The Scottish government has released the latest coronavirus figures showing that in the last 24 hours 378 people tested positive for the virus while no new deaths were recorded.

This means that the death toll since the start of the pandemic remains at 7,664.

The government notes that registration offices across the country are often closed at the weekends which can make figures artificially low.

81 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed coronavirus, and of these, four were in intensive care

So far, 3,108,819 people in Scotland have received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccination and 1,828,930 have received their second dose.

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