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Robert Fairnie

Scottish Government announces 20 deaths and 3,495 covid cases in last 24 hours

The Scottish Government has confirmed that 20 people have died from coronavirus in the last 24 hours.

The latest figures for Scotland showed that 3,495 new cases had also been identified overnight.

There are currently 935 people in hospital confirmed to have the virus with 63 being treated in intensive care.

To date 4,321,770 people have received their first vaccination with 3,911,823 people having had a second jab.

The figures come as Scotland's Lord Advocate warned the backlog of court cases which has built up during the coronavirus pandemic is an "enormous problem" which will take "multiple years" to clear.

Dorothy Bain QC spoke out about the issue, telling MSPs of her "acute concern" about the impact the current situation has on those who have suffered "serious sexual violence", reports PA Scotland.

At the end of September there were 837 such cases awaiting trial before a high court jury jury, she said, with this total 57% higher than it was before the initial coronavirus lockdown.

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