SCOTLAND has recorded one new coronavirus death and 5924 positive cases in the past 24 hours.
The daily figures from the Scottish Government show 504 people are in hospital with recently confirmed Covid-19, up 10 on the day before.
Of these, 38 are in intensive care, up four.
3,839,679 people in Scotland have been tested for #coronavirus
— Scottish Government (@scotgov) December 19, 2021
The total confirmed as positive has risen by 5,924 to 799,970
Sadly 1 more person who tested positive has died (9,781 in total)
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The Covid-19 death toll in Scotland under the daily measure – of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days – now stands at 9781.
The test positivity rate stands at 13.9%, up from 12.2% the day before.
A total of 4,369,398 people have received their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine while 3,988,961 have received their second dose and 2,436,952 have received a third dose or booster.
Public Health Scotland notes that there continues to be an impact on turnaround times between specimens being taken and results reported, due to larger volumes of tests being processed by labs.
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