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Carla Jenkins

Covid Scotland: 6,368 new cases and 719 in hospital with covid in last 24 hours

Scotland has recorded 6,368 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the latest figures show.

No new deaths were reported in today's statement from the Scottish Government, although registry offices are usually closed at weekends.

A total of 48,033 tests were carried out, of which 14.2% were positive.

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There were 719 people in hospital with recently-confirmed Covid-19 and 61 in intensive care.

A total of 4,121,962 people have received the first dose of a coronavirus vaccine and 3,726,769 have received their second dose.

Today's daily statistics are reported as Health Secretary Humza Yousaf says Scotland's NHS is facing the "most significant" challenge in its history as a result of the pandemic.

However, he denied the health service was in crisis ahead of winter.

Opposition parties have hit out at lengthening waiting lists in the NHS and figures released earlier this week showed A&E waiting-time performance had reached a record low.

In a decision on Friday, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) did not recommend a mass rollout among 12 to 15-year-olds.

Instead, it suggested ministers should seek further advice on the wider impact of vaccination. Chief medical officers (CMOs) from around the UK are now considering the impacts.

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