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Glasgow Live
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Dayna McAlpine

Covid Scotland: Latest figures as 5593 new cases of virus recorded overnight

Scotland has recorded two more coronavirus deaths and a further 5,593 positive cases of the virus.

The figures, provided in the daily update from the Scottish Government, take the number of people who have died within 28 days of a positive Covid test to 10,433.

Due to registry offices being closed at the weekends, the death figure reported could be lower than normal.

There were 958 people in hospital on Saturday with recently confirmed Covid-19, down from 990 on Friday.

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The number of people requiring intensive care decreased from 25 to 24.

The figures also showed that across Scotland 4,421,427 people have received their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccination, 4,135,751 have received their second dose, and 3,317,694 have received a third dose or booster.

It comes after the Sunday Mail revealed not a single investigation into the thousands of deaths from Covid-19 in Scotland’s care homes has been completed since the criminal probe was launched almost two years ago.

The Crown, which has already spent more than £1.5million, has failed to conclude any one of the 4,888 cases.

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