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Health
Kathleen Speirs

Scottish Government confirms one death and 204 new Covid-19 cases overnight

The Scottish Government has confirmed that one person has died from coronavirus in the last 24 hours.

The latest figures for Scotland also showed that 204 new cases had been identified overnight.

Deadly Covid-19 is still infecting Scots every day (Adam Gerrard / Sunday Mirror)

It brings the death toll since last March – of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days – to 7,654.

There are currently 75 people in hospital confirmed to have the virus with 12 being treated in intensive care.

The total number of positive cases since the pandemic hit stands at 225,683.

So far 2,789,978 Scots have had the first vaccine with 1,142,947 having a second dose.

It comes after First Minister Nicola Sturgeon repeated her calls for a UK-wide public inquiry after Downing Street refused three times to deny the Prime Minister said “let it rip” over the virus.

The SNP leader said bereaved families deserve answers about the response to the outbreak in light of what she described as “shameful remarks allegedly made by Johnson.

He has denied saying said he would rather see “bodies pile high” than impose a third lockdown, although the claims have been corroborated to both the BBC and ITV.

Downing Street on Tuesday characterised the reports as "speculation".

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