THE Scottish Government has received reports of people breaching the coronavirus restrictions around funerals, which limits those attending to 20.
Speaking this afternoon, Health Secretary Jeane Freeman told the Scottish Government’s coronavirus briefing: “I want to remind people that that limit of 20 is still in place and that unfortunately it is there for a really good reason.”
She urged people arranging a funeral to think about the restrictions when sending invitations and for people who want to attend a funeral but are unable to due to the limit to “please respect that fact”.
She said: “Maybe find out if it is possible to see the service by other means such as live-streaming and check with the person organising about the other ways in which you can pay your respects.
“But please, don’t simply turn up. This places the organisers in a terrible position and it also of course increases the risk that virus will spread as a result of the event.”
The warning came as Scotland recorded 67 deaths from coronavirus and 830 positive tests in the past 24 hours.
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It brings the death toll under this measure – of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days – to 6666.
Speaking during the briefing, Freeman said 190,005 people have now tested positive in Scotland, up from 189,175 the previous day.
The daily test positivity rate is 5.2%, up from 4% the day prior.
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Of the new cases, 257 are in Greater Glasgow and Clyde, 133 in Lanarkshire, 119 in Ayrshire and Arran, and 100 Lothian.
There are 1472 people in hospital confirmed to have the virus, down 27 in 24 hours, and 115 patients are in intensive care, up six.
Freeman added that 1,113,628 people have received their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, an increase of 64,881 on the previous day’s figures – the highest daily increase.
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