Two Covid-related deaths in Scotland as hospital admissions continue to fall
There were 958 people in hospital on Saturday with recently confirmed Covid-19, down from 1,291 on the same day last week.
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Your support makes all the difference.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.
The daily test data includes cases identified using either a first LFD (lateral flow device) or PCR (polymerase chain reaction) positive test, according to the Scottish Government.
There were 958 people in hospital on Saturday with recently confirmed Covid-19, down from 990 on Friday and from 1,291 on the same day last week.
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.