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 ten coronavirus-linked deaths and 4,289 new cases in the past 24 hour reporting period.
The figures indicated there were 985 people with recently confirmed covid-19 in hospital, up by eight on the previous day.
That represents the highest figure since February 24 but remains well below the massive 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's statistics.
The NHS Lothian health board area was responsible for 506 new cases, with 268 of those recorded in Edinburgh alone.
West Lothian posted 132, with Midlothian on 72 and East Lothian on 34, according to the latest data released by Public Health Scotland.
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.
