Fife records 17 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours

Today’s Scottish Government figures show the total number of positive cases recorded in the health board region since the outbreak began is now 1182.

Scottish Government figures show that there were fewer than five people in intensive care at midnight. This has been the case since June 2.

Less than five people with the virus are also in hospital.

There were 465 new cases of coronavirus in Scotland reported today with two new deaths recorded.

The new cases are in part driven by outbreaks at a number of universities where many students in halls of residences in Glasgow, Dundee and Aberdeen have been told to self-isolate.

A total of 744,653 people in Scotland have been tested. Of these people, 25,960 were positive and 718,693 were confirmed negative.

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