ANOTHER 35 more people have died with Covid in Scotland, bringing the total number of deaths to 7371.
Health Secretary Jeane Freeman told the Covid briefing that a further 543 people have tested positive for Covid-19, which is 2.6% of the tests carried out yesterday.
When the positivity rate is under 5%, the World Health Organisation classes the pandemic as being under control.
The total number of positive cases in Scotland is now 203,555.
There are 750 people in hospital, which is down 34.
There are 69 people in intensive care, down two from yesterday.
There have also been 35 more deaths registered in the past 24 hours of people who tested positive in the last 28 days. That brings the total number of deaths by that measure to 7371.
By 08.30am this morning, 1,661,879 people had received their first dose of vaccine. A further 8105 people received their second dose yesterday.
National Records of Scotland figures show a total of 9580 people have died in Scotland with confirmed or suspected coronavirus.
The statistics show 227 deaths relating to Covid-19 were registered between February 22 and 28, down 64 on the previous week.
Of these, the majority happened in hospital at 187, with 26 in care homes and 14 at home or in a non-institutional setting and one in another institution.
📺 Watch live: Health Secretary Jeane Freeman holds a press conference on #coronavirus (#COVIDー19).
— Scottish Government (@scotgov) March 3, 2021
Joining the Health Secretary is Scotland’s Chief Medical Officer Dr Gregor Smith. https://t.co/8zhPfkUkEX
The statistics are published weekly and cover all deaths registered in Scotland where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.
They differ from the lab-confirmed coronavirus deaths announced daily by the Scottish Government because the NRS figures include suspected or probable cases of Covid-19.
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