The number of coronavirus patients in hospital in Scotland has hit its highest level since late February.

The latest figures published by the Scottish Government on Saturday recorded 10 coronavirus-linked deaths and 4,289 new cases in the past 24 hours.

The figures indicated there were 985 people with recently confirmed Covid in hospital, up eight on the previous day.

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This is the highest figure since February 24 but remains well below the second-wave peak of 2,053 in January.

Of the 985 people in hospital, 83 were in intensive care, up one on the previous day.

The test positivity rate was 10.9%, down from 11.1% the previous day

The death toll under the daily measure - of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days - is now 8,242.

A total of 4,137,710 people have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccination and 3,769,320 have received their second dose.