Coronavirus in Scotland: More than one thousand new cases reported in 24 hours

The latest Scottish Government figures show that new positive cases are still running above 1,000 on a daily basis.

A total of 1,195 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, according to the data released on Sunday, 24 January.

To date, 157 people are in intensive care with recently confirmed coronavirus and 2,011 people are being treated in hospital having recently tested positive for the virus.

One new death has been reported in the last 24 hours, however the figure is likely to be low as registry offices are not open on the weekend.

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The Scottish Government has confirmed 404,038 people have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccination and 5,383 have received their second dose.

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