The Scottish Government has confirmed there were NO coronavirus deaths reported in Tayside in the last 24 hours for the third day running.
Data from Public Health Scotland also shows that 149 new cases were recorded overnight across the region.
The region’s death toll - composed of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days - remains at exactly 300.
In total, Tayside has recorded 47,202 cases of Covid-19 since the pandemic began.
The latest local vaccination data shows that 329,061 people in Tayside have received their first vaccination with 299,057 having their second.
Across the country there were also no further Covid-confirmed deaths in the last 24 hours.
The latest figures for Scotland showed that 19,251 new cases had also been identified overnight.
It means the death toll since last March – of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days – remains the same at 9,293.
There are currently 803 people in Scotland’s hospitals confirmed to have the virus with 54 being treated in intensive care.
The figures come as Covid levels discovered in sewage across Scotland have increased by around 20 per cent in the last week, new official data has revealed.
According to Scottish Government statistics, covid in wastewater has fluctuated while cases of the deadly virus have remained at around the same level for a number of weeks.
