Coronavirus in Scotland: 262 cases recorded in the Lothians today as 224,840 vaccinated across the country

Of the new cases, 262 are in NHS Lothian.

The death toll under this measure – of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days – is now 5,227.

Ms Freeman said the daily test positivity rate is 7.5%, down from 8.3% on Wednesday, when 1,707 positive cases were recorded.

A total of 159,239 people have tested positive in Scotland since the start of the pandemic.

There are 1,860 people in hospital confirmed to have Covid-19, up by 31 in 24 hours, with 141 of these in intensive care – down one in the same period.

She also announced that as of Thursday 224,840 people have received their first dose of a vaccine.

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