More than 230 fresh cases of coronavirus have been identified in Scotland in the past 24 hours.
Scottish Government statistics have revealed that 232 positive coronavirus tests have been recorded since Sunday, a increase of 21 on the day before..
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No additional deaths of people who tested positive for the disease within the past 28 days have been registered, though numbers on Monday are generally lower as registry offices are closed at the weekend.
This means the death toll under the Scottish Government's measure remains 7,642.
The figures were released by the Scottish Government. Due to rules surrounding the ongoing Scottish parliament election campaigns, the First Minister did not appear in a televised briefing.
The test positivity rate was 2.5 per cent, lower than the 5% the World Health Organisation (WHO) believes indicates a pandemic is coming under control.
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According to the latest statistics, the vaccination programme has now administered 2,747,694 first doses, while 757,115 have received a second.
A total of 104 people remain in hospital receiving treatment for the virus, 14 of them in intensive care.
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