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Holly Lennon

Covid Scotland: Five new deaths recorded and 1,383 fresh cases confirmed

Scotland has recorded five coronavirus-linked deaths and 1,383 fresh cases in the past 24 hours, figures show.

It means the death toll under the daily measure - of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days - is now 8,032.

Overall, 336 people were in hospital on Friday with recently confirmed covid-19, with 39 of them in intensive care, according to statistics published by the Scottish Government on Saturday.

The number of people who have tested positive to date stands at 362,364.

So far, 4,050,011 people have received the first dose of vaccine, with 3,431,062 having had their second dose.

It comes as Scotland was the only part of the UK to see a fall in coronavirus infections, with Office for National Statistics estimates suggesting about one in 190 people had Covid-19 in the week to August 7, down from one in 120 in the previous week.

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