Coronavirus in Scotland: 69 new cases reported in the Lothians as the country records a total of 951 new cases in last 24 hours

The First Minister announced in her daily lunchtime briefing today that 951 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours across Scotland and that 69 of these were in NHS Lothian.

Coronavirus in Scotland: latest figures

Of the new cases, 69 were recorded in NHS Lothian, 385 were in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde health board area, with 268 in NHS Lanarkshire and 75 were in Ayrshire and Arran.

Ms Sturgeon also reported that 1,225 people are currently in hospital with the virus which is an increase of 32 since the day before.

93 people are in intensive care, an increase of 12 from the figures reported yesterday.

The First Minister said that it was worth noting that registration offices are largely closed on Sunday’s which can impact the number of deaths recorded, therefore the data that no new deaths occurred in the last 24 hours should be treated with caution.

She is expecting the figure to rise again tomorrow.

The death toll in Scotland stands at 2,849.

Across Scotland a total of 66,012 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the pandemic so far.

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