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Claire Galloway

Scottish Government announces 26 deaths and 4,917 Covid cases in last 24 hours

The Scottish Government has confirmed there has been 26 coronavirus deaths and 4,917 new cases overnight.

The death toll since last March – of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days – now stands at 8,319.

There are currently 1,054 people in Scottish hospitals battling the virus, with 94 being treated in intensive care.

Some 4,146,847 people have received the first dose of the Covid vaccination and 3,791,597 have received their second dose in Scotland.

It comes after Scotland's national clinical director Professor Leitch announced there were no signs the TRNSMT music festival in Glasgow at the weekend has caused a big rise in Covid cases.

The event at Glasgow Green took place before the introduction of vaccine passports, which will be needed for entry to nightclubs and larger events from October 1 after MSPs in the Scottish Parliament backed the plans last week.

Up to 50,000 music fans a day attended the three-day festival from September 10-12 and had to provide proof of a negative NHS Covid-19 lateral flow test to be allowed in.

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