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Nicholas Keyden

Scottish Government confirms no new deaths and 2,012 cases in last 24 hours

There have been no new deaths from coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the   Scottish Government   has confirmed.

The latest figures for Scotland showed that 2,012 new cases had also been identified overnight, bringing the total number to 664,654.

The daily death toll of people who first tested positive for the  virus  within the previous 28 days stands at 9,293 since March 2020.

There are currently 803 people in hospital confirmed to have the virus with 54 being treated in intensive care.

To date 4,323,549 people have received their first vaccination with 3,917,210 having a second jab.

It comes as coronavirus 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.

It comes as SNP Health Secretary Humza Yousaf announced during a Scottish Government briefing in parliament last Tuesday that there were "early signs" that cases would creep up.

Many experts have predicted there would be a rise in people testing positive for  Covid-19  at and following the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow.

Last week Nicola Sturgeon's  covid  adviser Professor Devi Sridhar, a professor of global public health at the  University of Edinburgh, said seeing pictures of hundreds of people in close proximity at the summit had left her anxious knowing how "fragile" the situation has been.

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