One person with Covid-19 has died in Scotland in the last 24 hours, the Scottish Government has confirmed.
The deaths came as the number of positive coronavirus test results rose by 2,639.
There are 196 people with the virus being treated in hospital, with 17 of them in intensive care.
The deaths take the country's total death toll of people who have passed away within 28 days of a positive test result to 7,709.
The total number of positive cases since the pandemic hit stands at 265,457.
To date 3,747,510 people have received their first vaccination with 2,679,357 having a second jab.
It comes after Humza Yousaf refused to rule out another lockdown this winter if Covid deaths begin to mount.
In his first interview as Health Secretary, the MSP insisted the country is on track to remove most pandemic restrictions on August 9 despite “exponential growth” in Delta variant cases.
However, Yousaf warned the emergence of a new vaccine-resistant strain could derail the return to normal life.
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