Nicola Sturgeon updated Scots on the latest figures as a vaccine was approved for use in the UK
A FURTHER 38 people have died with Covid-19 in Scotland over the last 24 hours, the First Minister has confirmed.
Speaking at the Scottish Government’s coronavirus briefing this afternoon, Nicola Sturgeon said that the deaths take the total number of people to die after testing positive for Covid-19 to 3797.
These figures differ to those published by the National Records of Scotland, who include all deaths where coronavirus is mentioned on the death certificate.
Scotland has also recorded another 951 positive coronavirus tests, representing 4.5% of the total number of tests.
There were also 991 people in hospital, a decrease of 30, and 68 people in intensive care, two fewer than the previous day.
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