ANITHER 24 people with coronavirus have died in Scotland, taking the total number of confirmed deaths to 566.
The Scottish Government's figures revealed that 31,114 tests have now been carried out across Scotland, which is an additional 1211 tests in the past 24 hours.
A total of 5912 people have tested positive for the virus.
On Saturday night, there were 1755 people in Scottish hospitals with either confirmed or suspected symptoms of Covid-19, a fall of 100 patients.
Of those, 221 were being treated in intensive care, nine higher than on Friday.
Jeane Freeman, who was chairing the Scottish Government's daily coronavirus briefing, said that the figures were likely to be an underestimate and lower due to fewer deaths being recorded over the weekend.
The breakdown for confirmed cases by NHS health board are as follows:
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