More than 3,300 new cases of Covid and over a dozen new deaths from the virus have been recorded in the past 24 hours.
According to the latest figures from the Scottish Government,3,360 new cases of Covid-19 have been registered since Monday - more than 580 higher than the day before
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In the past 24 hours 13 new deaths have been reported of someone who tested positive for the virus over the past 28 days.
The total death toll according to the measure used by the Scottish Government now stands at 9,419.
Separate figures produced by National Records of Scotland (NRS) which record the number of deaths where Covid was mentioned on a death certificate, put the figure at 11,933 as of November 14.
NRS figures include deaths where “suspected” or “probable” Covid-19 appears on the death certificate.
Of the 40,412 new tests for Covid-19 carried out which reported results in the past 24 hours – 8.8% were positive.
A total of 57 people are currently being treated in intensive care with a recently confirmed Covid-19, with 774 in hospital who had recently contracted the virus overall.
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A total of 4,332,835 people have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccination and 3,931,709 have received their second dose.
Scottish Government statistics for 17 November at a glance
3,360 new cases of COVID-19 reported
40,412 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results
8.8% of these were positive
13 new reported death(s) of people who have tested positive
57 people were in intensive care yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
774 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed COVID-19
4,332,835 people have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccination and 3,931,709 have received their second dose
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