Covid Scotland: Over 3,000 positive cases across the country as 34 deaths reported

The Scottish Government has released the latest coronavirus statistics.
By Rachel Mackie
Published 6th Oct 2021, 14:44 BST
Updated 6th Oct 2021, 14:46 BST
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There have been 3,055 new cases of coronavirus reported in the last 24 hours with 46,892 new tests for COVID-19 providing results.

This number represents 6.9% of tests.

There were 988 people in hospital yesterday, with 68 in intensive care after testing positive.

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34 deaths have been reported also in the last 24 hours.

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4,229,178 people have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccination and 3,852,067 have received their second dose

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