Coronavirus in Scotland: 145 new cases reported in the Lothians as the country records 64 new deaths in the last 24 hours

The First Minister announced in her lunchtime briefing today that in the last 24 hours a further 145 people have tested positive for the virus in the Lothians and 64 new deaths have been recorded in Scotland.

Scottish Government public information signs along Edinburgh's Princes Street.

This is the highest daily death toll recorded since May 6, 2020.

In total, 1,261 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours.

Of the new cases 145 were in NHS Lothian, 488 in Greater Glasgow and Clyde, 272 in NHS Lanarkshire and 80 were in Ayrshire and Arran.

Latest coronavirus figures in Scotland

The First Minister confirmed that 1,235 people are in hospital with the virus, a decrease of four from the figure reported yesterday

93 people are in intensive care, which is nine fewer than yesterday’s figure. In total, Scotland has recorded 76,448 positive cases since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

The increase of 64 new deaths reported today takes the coronavirus death toll in Scotland to 3,143.

Despite this, she said stricter coronavirus restrictions imposed in Scotland have “very significantly” slowed the spread of the virus and saved lives.

Ms Sturgeon said: “The measures that we have adopted in recent weeks and the sacrifices all of you – and people across the country – have been making have been having an effect.

“There’s no doubt, when we look at the data over the past few weeks, these measures have slowed very significantly the rate at which cases were increasing.”

Separate figures released by the National Records of Scotland (NRS) indicate 4,856 people in Scotland have died with confirmed or suspected coronavirus as of Sunday.

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