More than 1650 people have tested positive for coronavirus in Scotland in the last 24 hours.
Nicola Sturgeon told the Scottish Parliament that 1656 new infections have been recorded since yesterday, with a further 92 deaths recorded.
The death toll under this measure – of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days – is now 5468.
However, National Records of Scotland (NRS) - who use a different measure - say that a total of 7,448 people have died in Scotland with confirmed or suspected coronavirus.
The total number of cases has now reached 166,583.
New figures confirmed 203 people were in hospital - an increase of 14 from yesterday - with 150 in intensive care, marking an increase of six.
Ms Sturgeon said that 309,909 people have now received their first dose of vaccine against the disease.
READ MORE: John Swinney claims his 'hands are tied' on vaccine numbers
NRS figures show 368 deaths relating to Covid-19 were registered between January 11 and 17, down 23 from the previous week.
#NRSStats show as at 17 January a total of 7,448 deaths have been registered in #Scotland where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate, 368 deaths were registered from 11-17 January, a decrease of 23 deaths from the previous week https://t.co/61kd2opGs1 pic.twitter.com/VUWTNRp9oQ
— NatRecordsScot (@NatRecordsScot) January 20, 2021
Of these, the majority were in hospital at 240, with 97 in care homes, 27 at home or in a non-institutional setting and four in other institutions.
A total of 44 took place in Glasgow, 39 in Edinburgh and 34 in Fife.
READ MORE: Scientists warn Covid deaths will continue to rise
The statistics are published weekly and cover all deaths registered in Scotland where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.
They differ from the lab-confirmed coronavirus deaths announced daily by the Scottish Government because the NRS figures include suspected or probable cases of Covid-19.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel