Scotland has recorded 19 deaths of coronavirus patients in the past 24 hours and 2,806 new cases, according to the latest data.
The death toll under this daily measure - of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days - is now 7,791.
The daily test positivity rate is 6.6%, the latest figures published by the Scottish Government indicate.
A total of 543 people were in hospital on Wednesday with recently confirmed Covid-19, up 28 in 24 hours, and, of these, 47 patients were in intensive care, up one.
So far, 3,956,549 people have received the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccination and 2,927,130 have received their second dose.
The number of coronavirus vaccinations being given is "slowing a little bit" as the rollout moves into younger Scots, national clinical director Professor Jason Leitch has conceded.
The Scottish Government adviser urged young people to come forward for the injections, saying "to get out the end of the pandemic, globally and in Scotland, we need big population immunity numbers".
The number of vaccinations reached a three-month low earlier this week, with 17,749 injections - including 7,163 first doses - administered on Monday, and Prof Leitch appealed to those who have not yet come forward.
He said changes to travel regulations, which mean those who have been fully vaccinated no longer need to isolate after returning home from amber-list countries, could encourage more people to be inoculated.
The latest figures from Public Health Scotland show that in the four weeks between June 12 and July 9, almost two-thirds (64.7%) of confirmed coronavirus cases were among the unvaccinated.
Just over half (51.6%) of Covid-19 hospital admissions for the same four-week period involved unvaccinated individuals, with 70.6% of this group aged under 40.
