Covid Scotland: Nine new coronavirus deaths and 1,000 cases in last 24 hours

It brings the death toll under the daily measure – of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days – to 7,939.

The daily test positivity rate is 4.9%, down from 6.2% the previous day.

A total of 445 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed Covid-19 down 29 on the previous day, with 64 patients in intensive care, a rise of four.

So far, 4,009,611 people have received the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccination and 3,180,160 have received their second dose.

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