A further 38 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the north and north-east in the past 24 hours, with a total of 1,128 people across Scotland receiving positive results across the same time frame.Â
Thirty-seven deaths have also been recorded, with Scotland’s total now sitting on 2,791.
The latest figures take the number of positive cases in Scotland since the outbreak began to 61,531 with the new cases representing 7.1% of newly tested individuals.
A total of 1,152 people are in hospital with recently confirmed Covid-19 and 86 of those are receiving treatment in intensive care.
Hospitals admissions across Scotland are up 35 on yesterday’s figures, with one further person in intensive care.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, a total of 974,646 people in Scotland have been tested. Of these people, 913,115 were confirmed negative.
A regional breakdown of the data shows there have been 26 new cases in Grampian since yesterday. The north-east’s total is now 3,294.
The total of positive cases in the Highlands stands at 1,036 after 10 new cases were confirmed in the past 24 hours.
Both the Western Isles and Orkney have recorded one new case each in the same time period, with their totals sitting on 69 and 33 respectively.
Only Shetland failed to record any new cases in the past 24 hours across Scotland, leaving its total on 67 cases since the pandemic began.