Coronavirus in Scotland: 701 positive cases recorded across the country

It brings the death toll under this measure – of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days – to 7,572.

There are 310 people in hospital confirmed to have the virus and 32 patients are in intensive care.

A total of 2,285,711 people have received their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine and 263,236 have received their second dose.

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