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Cathy Owen

Scotland has no new coronavirus deaths for first day since lockdown

Scotland has recorded no new coronavirus deaths in a 24-hour period for the first time since lockdown began.

The announcement was made at the daily release of Scottish Government figures on Sunday.

A total of 2,415 patients have died in Scotland after testing positive for coronavirus marking no change on Saturday's figure – the first time the death total has remained the same since March 20.

The Scottish Government figures also show that 15,621 people have tested positive for Covid-19, an increase of 18.

Of those who tested positive 646 were in hospital on Saturday evening, 16 of whom were in intensive care, while nine others were in intensive care with suspected Covid-19.

The latest coronavirus statistics also reveal that on June 6 there were 2,908 tests carried out by NHS Scotland in hospitals, care homes or the community, down from 3,552 the day before.

A further 1,036 drive-through and mobile tests were carried out, down from 1,349 the day before.

There were 406 (38%) adult care homes with a current case of suspected Covid-19.

Since the start of the pandemic, 677 (63%) adult care homes have now reported cases of coronavirus to the Care Inspectorate, with a total of 6,243 suspected cases on June 6, an increase of eight on the previous day.

There were also no new Covid-19 deaths in Northern Ireland today, although that is not the first day this has happened.

Figures released on Sunday indicate that in the past 24 hours, six individuals there have tested positive for Covid-19.

In Wales the number of people who have died after contracting coronavirus in Wales increased by five on Sunday.

Public Health Wales (PHW) confirmed on Sunday the total number of deaths since the outbreak began has reached 1,398.

The number of positive cases is now 14,396, a rise of 40 from the figures on Saturday.

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