Covid Scotland: Lowest number of daily coronavirus cases since mid-June, as deaths rise by one

Scotland has recorded one coronavirus death and 799 new cases in the past 24 hours, the latest Scottish Government figures show.

It brings the death toll under the daily measure – of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days – to 7,943.

The daily test positivity rate is 6.5 per cent, up from 5.4 per cent the previous day.

A total of 407 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed Covid-19 down 15, with 60 patients in intensive care, a decrease of two.

So far, 4,012,496 people have received the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccination and 3,214,801 have received their second dose.

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