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Iona Young

Humza Yousaf issues Covid warning as Scottish hospital cases soar

Another wave of Covid-19 is expected in Scotland this winter, the Health Secretary Humza Yousaf has said, as latest figures showed the number of people in hospital with coronavirus increased 12.6% last week.

In the week ending October 9, there were on average 838 patients in hospital with Covid-19, up from 744 the previous week, Public Health Scotland (PHS) data shows.

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