THE number of people in Scotland with Covid-19 has dropped to the lowest level since the start of June, according to latest estimates.
About one in 40 people in private households north of the Border were estimated to have the virus in the week to August 16, data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed.
This was down from about one in 30 people the previous week and the lowest since the week to June 2.
The ONS estimates that 135,000 people, or 2.56% of the population in Scotland had Covid-19 in the week to August 16. However, the rates remain above the rest of the UK.
About one in 45 people was estimated to have Covid-19 in England and Wales, while in Northern Ireland the figure was one in 70.
Sarah Crofts, ONS head of analytical outputs for the Covid-19 Infection Survey, said: “Infections continue to head in the right direction across all of the UK and are now at levels similar to those last seen in mid-June.”
It comes after data from National Records of Scotland on Thursday showed there were 57 deaths involving Covid-19 in the week ending August 21, which was 10 fewer than the previous week.
The total is the lowest it has been since the week ending June 20, when there were 52 cases where the virus was mentioned on someone’s death certificate.
It means there have now been 15,550 deaths in Scotland where coronavirus was on the death certificate.
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