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Daily Record
National
Jon Hebditch

Scottish Government announces 5 deaths and 2,969 covid cases in last 24 hours

The Scottish Government has reported that 5 people have died from coronavirus and that 2,969 new cases had been identified overnight.

It brings the death toll since last March – of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days – to 7,701.

There are currently 170 people in hospital confirmed to have the virus with 18 being treated in intensive care.

The total number of positive cases since the pandemic hit stands at 260,711.

To date 3,681,620 people have received their first vaccination with 2,617,450 having a second jab.

The news comes as weekly coronavirus deaths in Scotland have hit their highest number in almost two months, shock new data revealed.

Figures from the National Records of Scotland (NRS) show 13 deaths were recorded in the week of June 14-20.

This is up six on the previous week and is the first time the total has hit double figures since the seven days from April 26, when there were 19 deaths.

A man receives the vaccines in Glasgow (Getty Images)

The coronavirus death toll since the start of the pandemic now stands at 10,150, where Covid was mentioned on the death certificate since June 2020.

Of the deaths in the most recent week, three were people aged under 65, two were 65-74, and eight were over 75.

Four of the deaths occurred in Glasgow, two in Perth and Kinross and one each in Dundee, Falkirk, Highland, Midlothian, South Ayrshire, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian.

Ten of the deaths took place in hospitals, one was in a care home and two were at home or in a non-institutional setting.

By comparison, the number of deaths from all causes registered in Scotland in the same week was 1,046 - 46, or 5%, more than the five-year average.

There were nine more deaths from circulatory causes, three more deaths from cancer and 56 more fatalities from other causes compared to the five-year average.

Deaths from respiratory diseases (-25) and dementia/Alzheimer's (-7) were below average.

The Covid statistics are published weekly and cover all deaths registered in Scotland where coronavirus was mentioned on the death certificate.

They differ from the lab-confirmed coronavirus deaths announced daily by the Scottish Government because the NRS figures include suspected or probable cases of Covid-19.

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