Scotland has recorded 10 deaths of coronavirus patients and 6,711 cases in the past 24 hours, according to the latest data.
Figures published by the Scottish Government indicate the death toll under the daily measure - of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days - is 8,154.
The daily test positivity rate is 12.1%, up from 11.1% the previous day.
A total of 653 people were in hospital on Wednesday with recently confirmed Covid-19, up by 29 on the previous day, with 60 patients in intensive care, up five.
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So far, 4,114,552 people have received the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccination and 3,709,328 have had their second.
It comes after the Office for National Statistics (ONS) predicted that the coronavirus level of infection in Scotland is at its highest since estimates began last autumn, with around one in 75 people thought to having the virus last week.
The figure has risen sharply from one in 140 in the previous week.
Schools in Scotland returned a fortnight ago and the reopening is believed to have contributed to a rise in cases in the country.
