SCOTLAND has recorded more than 6000 new cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours - and seen Wednesday's figures revised upwards by more than 3500.
The news means that Scotland's cumulative total of coronavirus cases has jumped by almost 10,000 - although the cases were not all recorded in a 24 hour period.
On December 22, the Government reported 2434 new cases, however this was artificially low due to a technical issue at Public Health Scotland. That day's figures have now been corrected and sit at 5967.
On December 23, a further 6215 new cases of Covid-19 were recorded.
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This figure represents 12.7% of the 54,863 new tests for the disease that reported results in the past 24 hours.
There have also been 11 new deaths linked to coronavirus recorded. This brings the total under this measure - of people in Scotland who died within 28 days of testing positive - to 9812.
Across Scotland on Wednesday, there were 540 people in hospital with recently confirmed Covid-19. There were 38 people in intensive care.
In terms of the vaccination effort, 4,377,002 people have received their first dose, while 4,003,377 have received their second dose. A total of 2,782,462 people have also been given a third booster jag.
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