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Glasgow Live
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Christina O'Neill

Today's covid statistics for Scotland: 33 more deaths and 542 new cases reported

Scotland has recorded 33 deaths from coronavirus and 542 positive tests in the past 24 hours, Scottish Government figures show.

It brings the death toll under this measure - of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days - to 7,164.

The latest statistics show 203,012 people have tested positive in Scotland, up from 202,470 the previous day. The daily test positivity rate is 4.4%, down from 4.5%.

Of the new cases, 158 are in Greater Glasgow and Clyde, 104 in Lothian and 101 in Lanarkshire.

There are 784 people in hospital confirmed to have the virus, down 40 in 24 hours, and 71 patients are in intensive care, no change.

A total of 1,634,361 people have received their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine as of Tuesday morning and 84,445 have received their second dose.

Follow our coronavirus live blog for more updates.

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