ANOTHER 18 people have died in Scotland after contracting Covid-19, new figures reveal.
A further 2870 cases have also been recorded, with a positivity rate of 11.7%.
However, Public Health Scotland (PHS) says the Borders health board has not submitted lab files since 1pm on Monday. An investigation has been launched.
A similar issue in the Grampian region has now been resolved. “All files from NHS Grampian Lab have been received and processed and are included in today’s figures,” PHS said.
The deaths, among people who tested positive in the previous 28 days, bring the total under that measure to 8396.
Some 1107 people were in hospital in the past 24 hours with recently confirmed Covid, up by 19.
Of those, 94 were in intensive care, down by three.
A total of 4,160,835 people have received their first dose of a vaccination and 3,813,547 have received their second dose.
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