Coronavirus in Scotland: 105 new cases of Covid-19 in the Lothians as country records one death

A total of 105 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the Lothians in the last 24 hours as Scotland records one new death.

Across the country, 1,122 patients have confirmed a positive test result for Covid-19 since the day before, according to the government figures.

Of these new cases, 428 are in Greater Glasgow and Clyde, 274 in Lanarkshire and 97 Ayrishire and Arran.

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The remaining cases have been reported from the other mainland health boards across the country.

To date, 1,052 people are being treated in hospital with confirmed Covid-19, which is an increase of 36 from the day before, and 90 patients are in intensive care having tested positive for the virus – four more than yesterday.

So far, 57, 874 people have tested positive for the virus in Scotland since the pandemic hit in March this year.

The country’s death toll currently stands at 2,701 after 13 deaths in total were recorded over the weekend.

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