SCOTLAND has recorded its highest daily Covid death total since late July.
The latest government figures show that 17 people who had tested positive for the disease have died since yesterday.
This increase is the largest since 22 deaths were recorded on July 22.
There were 36 deaths recorded on July 28, but only nine had happened in that 24-hour window, with the others being recorded retrospectively.
The latest 17 deaths bring the total under this measure – of people in Scotland who died within 28 days of first testing positive for Covid-19 – to 8144.
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The news comes as Scotland recorded more than 6000 new cases for the third day running.
Data released by the Government shows that 6400 positive Covid tests were recorded in the past 24 hours.
This figure represents 11.1% of the 61,410 new tests for Covid-19 that reported results over the same time period.
This means Scotland had a test positivity rate of more than double the 5% threshold which the World Health Organisation says indicates that the virus is under control.
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Across Scotland yesterday there were 624 people in hospital with recently confirmed Covid-19. Of these, 55 were in intensive care.
In terms of the vaccination effort, 4,111,513 people in Scotland have received their first jag, while a total of 3,699,250 have also received their second dose.
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