Coronavirus: Further 18 deaths and 525 cases in last 24 hours

The death toll under this measurement – of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days – is now 7129.

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Scotland has recorded another 18 deaths of coronavirus patients in the past 24 hours, the Scottish Government has said.

The death toll under this measurement – of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days – is now 7129.

A further 525 positive cases were also reported by the Scottish Government in the last 24 hours – 3.1% of those newly-tested, down from 3.3% the previous day.

The figures show 201,512 people have now tested positive in Scotland, up from 200,987 the previous day.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde recorded 151 cases, along with 106 in Lothian and 89 in Lanarkshire.

There are 898 people in hospital confirmed to have the virus, down 26 in 24 hours, and 74 patients are in intensive care, a decrease of six.

A further 27,224 people were vaccinated against Covid-19 in Scotland in the past 24 hours.

As of 8.30am on Saturday, a total of 1,570,153 people in Scotland had received their first dose of vaccine, and 72,178 have received their second dose.

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