More than 700 people have tested positive for coronavirus in Scotland in the last 24 hours.

Latest figures show that 771 new infections have been recorded since yesterday, with a further 41 deaths recorded.

The total number of cases in Scotland has now reached 90,081.

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1,197 people were in hospital yesterday with Covid-19, and 84 people were in intensive care being treated for coronavirus.

The total number of deaths has now reached 3,544.

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According to the latest data, 11,316 new tests for Covid-19 were carried out, 8.6 per cent of which were positive.