Scotland saw a large increase in the number of coronavirus deaths recorded in the second full week of 2022.
National Records of Scotland (NRS) confirmed there were 132 deaths linked to the virus recorded over the period January 10 to 16 - a rise of 60 from the previous week's total of 72.
It said while the rise would be "partly due to registrars catching up on a backlog of death registrations" while offices were closed over the festive break, it added that "does not explain all of the increase".
