The Scottish Government has confirmed TWO new coronavirus deaths were reported in Tayside in the last 24 hours.
The area's death toll - composed of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days - rises to 787.
Data from Public Health Scotland also shows that 573 new cases were recorded overnight in the region.
In total, Tayside has recorded 73,658 cases of Covid-19 since the pandemic began.
The latest local vaccination data shows that 333,345 people have had at least one jag, 309,196 have received at least two, while 243,484 have also received a third, or booster, vaccination.
Across the country, 7,606 new positive cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in the last day - a total of 1,074,591 since the pandemic began.
There were 21 Covid-confirmed deaths reported meaning the country's overall death toll from the virus rises to 9,971
There are currently 1,537 people in Scotland's hospitals being treated for covid with 59 in intensive care.
The figures come as Boris Johnson issued a grovelling apology for attending a "bring your own booze" gathering in the garden of No 10 during England's first lockdown as he battled to save his premiership.
The Prime Minister acknowledged the public "rage" over the incident but insisted he thought it could have been technically within the rules.
Johnson told MPs that he attended the May 20 2020 gathering for around 25 minutes to "thank groups of staff".
"I believed implicitly that this was a work event," he said.
But "with hindsight I should have sent everyone back inside, I should have found some other way to thank them, and I should have recognised that - even if it could have been said technically to fall within the guidance - there would be millions and millions of people who simply would not see it that way."
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