Coronavirus: Scotland records 758 new cases overnight

Scotland has recorded 758 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours.

No further people have died, the Scottish Government confirmed on Sunday.

Total confirmed cases of the virus now stands at 32,209 since the start of the pandemic.

There have been 18 Covid-related deaths in Scotland this week.

The official death toll in Scotland stands at 2530, however weekly figures on suspected Covid-19 deaths recorded by National Records of Scotland suggest the most up-to-date total is now more than 4200.

According to management information reported by NHS boards across Scotland, 210 people are in hospital with confirmed or suspected Covid-19 – an increase of 19 overnight. Out of those, 22 patients are in intensive care.

Of the new cases, 266 are in the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde region, 176 across NHS Lothian and 138 across NHS Lanarkshire.

NHS Ayrshire and Arran reported 42 new cases, NHS Tayside 29 and NHS Forth Valley 27.

Both NHS Grampian and NHS Fife reported 26 new cases each, whilst NHS Highland recorded 15.

NHS Dumfries and Galloway recorded seven new cases, with NHS Borders reporting six.

NHS Shetland and NHS Orkney are the only two regions not to report new cases in the past seven days.