Coronavirus in Scotland: More than one hundred new cases reported in the Lothians

The latest Scottish Government figures show that new positive cases in the Lothians are still running above 100 on a daily basis.

A total of 111 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the Lothians in the last 24 hours, according to the latest data released on Sunday, 24 January.

Across the remaining health boards in Scotland, 1,195 people in total are confirmed to have tested positive for coronavirus since yesterday.

To date, 157 people are in intensive care with recently confirmed coronavirus and 2,011 people are being treated in hospital having recently tested positive for the virus.

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One new death has been reported in the last 24 hours, however the figure is likely to be low as registry offices are not open on the weekend.

The Scottish Government has confirmed 404,038 people have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccination and 5,383 have received their second dose.

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