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Claire Galloway

Scottish Government announces two deaths and 2,908 Covid cases in last 24 hours

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

The latest figures for Scotland showed that 2,908 new cases had also been identified overnight.

The latest daily figures showed there were 27,540 tests for Covid-19 carried out, with 11.1% of these being positive for the virus.

While register offices are generally closed at the weekend, there were another two cases where people died within 28 days of a positive Covid test, taking the total under this measure to 9,293 deaths.

The latest coronavirus statistics for have been released (Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)

The figures, published by the Scottish Government, showed that 793 people were in hospital on Saturday with recently confirmed Covid-19. This includes 57 people who were in intensive care.

Meanwhile, a total of 4,321,382 people have received the first dose of coronavirus vaccine, with 3,914,425 having had two doses.

The figures come as Scots holidaymakers have been warned of new travel restrictions unless they are triple-jabbed, as some countries tighten Covid entry rules.

Jet-setters who do not receive their booster jabs may be unable to visit two countries from this week.

Austria and Israel have now implemented time limit rules that determine whether a person will be allowed to enter the country.

The timing of a person's vaccination will now reflect the validity of their status, according to the tougher rules.

The two countries are leading the way with the new entry requirement, with other countries possibly following suit.

Israel has the harshest rules, only allowing holidaymakers to enter if their latest jab was within 180 days.

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