Coronavirus in Scotland: country sees daily rise of 758 new cases in 24 hours

A total of 758 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the last 24 hours, according to the Scottish Government.

The latest figures reveal no new deaths have been recorded, and 210 people are being treated in hospital with the virus as of today, October 4.

To date, 22 people are being treated in intensive care with recently confirmed Covid-19.

Since the start of the outbreak a total of 801,319 people in Scotland have been tested.

Covid 19 testing centre at Edinburgh Airport on the former runway picture: Lisa Ferguson/JPI Media

Of these people, 32,209 were positive, 769,110 were confirmed negative, and a total of 701,009 Covid-19 tests carried out through NHS labs and 1,018,712 tests through UKG Labs in Scotland have reported results.

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