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Coronavirus: Two deaths recorded in Aberdeenshire as Scottish positivity rate passes 5%

Grace Thomson (left) receives the first of two Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine jabs, administered Paula McMahon, at the NHS Louisa Jordan Hospital in Glasgow, on the first day of the largest immunisation programme in the UK's history.
Grace Thomson (left) receives the first of two Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine jabs, administered Paula McMahon, at the NHS Louisa Jordan Hospital in Glasgow, on the first day of the largest immunisation programme in the UK's history.

Two deaths of people with Covid-19 have been recorded in Aberdeenshire in the last 24 hours, the latest government statistics show.

The news comes as 93 new cases of the virus were reported across the Highlands and north-east.

Across Scotland, there were 39 new deaths and 1,064 new cases – the second day in a row that the case count has risen by more than 1,000.

Of all the new tests that were taken, 5.2% were positive.

This number is above the 5% mark which the Scottish Government says determines whether the spread is under control in the country.

However, the number of people in hospital with the virus has fallen by five, from 999 to 994, and the number in intensive care has reduced by one to 52.

In the NHS Grampian health board area, 79 people tested positive in the past 24 hours, bringing its total number of cases since the beginning of the pandemic to 5,583.

There are 63 people in the area who are currently in hospital with recently confirmed Covid-19, including seven in intensive care.

In the NHS Highland area, 14 new cases have brought the total number up to 1,640.

No new positive tests have been reported in the Western Isles, Shetland or Orkney.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, 105,370 people across Scotland have tested positive for the coronavirus, out of 1,258,205 people who have been tested at least once.


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