ANOTHER 19 people have died in Scotland after contracting Covid-19, new daily figures reveal.
A further 2796 cases were also recorded, with a positivity rate of 7.9% – down from 11.5% on Tuesday. The case total is up by 227 in 24 hours.
The deaths, among people who first tested positive in the previous 28 days, bring the total under that measure to 9591.
Some people 702 people are in hospital with recently confirmed Covid-19, a decrease of four.
Of those patients, 54 are in intensive care, no change.
A total of 4,347,880 people have received their first dose of a vaccination, 3,951,364 have received their second, and 1,722,225 have received a third or booster.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said she is not asking people to put Christmas plans on hold at the moment following the emergence of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, but urged people to take an LFD test before mixing with other households.
Nine cases of the Omicron variant have been identified in Scotland and booster vaccinations are being extended to all those aged 18.
The latest weekly figures show a total of 97 coronavirus-linked deaths were recorded in Scotland in the seven days to November 28.
This is an increase of one on the previous week and takes the total number of people in Scotland who have died with confirmed or suspected coronavirus to 12,127, according to National Records of Scotland (NRS) data.
Of the latest deaths, 18 were people aged under 65, 34 were aged 65-74 and 45 were 75 or older.
Fife was the council area with the highest number of deaths at 11, followed by Glasgow with 10 and South Lanarkshire with eight.
The majority of the deaths – 82 – occurred in hospital, with nine at home or in a non-institutional setting and six in care homes.
The statistics are published weekly and cover all deaths registered in Scotland where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.
They differ from the lab-confirmed coronavirus deaths announced daily by the Scottish Government because the NRS figures include suspected or probable cases of Covid-19.
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