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Submitting... A total of 2,535,889 people have received a first dose of a Covid-19 vaccination and 434,941 have received their second. Scotland’s chief medical officer Dr Gregor Smith has previously warned that large gatherings over the Easter weekend could reverse recent progress in suppressing the virus. On Thursday, he said: “We can see by looking at Europe and other parts of the world how fragile our own position is. “It remains imperative that we abide by the rules, we stay local and...

SCOTLAND recorded 397 new coronavirus cases and no deaths of Covid-19 patients in the past 24 hours, according to the latest data.

Almost 400 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Scotland for the third day running. During the past 24 hours 397 new coronavirus infections have been reported from more than 21,000 tests carried out. The test positivity rate was 2.1 per cent -  lower than the 5% the World Health organisation says indicates a pandemic is coming under control.  No new reported deaths of people who have tested positive within 28 days have been reported, though these are not generally reported ...

Scotland may have a higher number of coronavirus cases now than England because more people have already been infected south of the border, according to Scotland’s chief medical officer.The infection

Warning against large Easter gatherings a fight against Covid ‘still fragile’ SCOTS have been warned that large gatherings over Easter weekend could reverse progress in suppressing coronavirus.  Speaking at the daily coronavirus media briefing, Scotland’s chief medical officer, Dr Gregor Smith, pleaded with the public to avoid large crowds as Covid progress remains "fragile".  Dr Gregor Smith reminded Scots that rising case numbers elsewhere in Europe shows the virus situa...

Revellers in the north and north-east of Scotland warned to avoid beauty spot gatherings ahead of Easter weekend Updated: 01/04/2021, 7:19 pm © Supplied by Submitted People are being urged not to gather in large groups across the north and north-east this Easter weekend following scenes of carnage across the rest of the UK. Officials have issued a warning to people in the north and north-east not to repeat scenes further south earlier this week where huge numbers of people descended on popular...

Dr Gregor Smith Discussing the increase in cases, Dr Smith said: “In the areas of Scotland, it tends to be the central belt. “It’s Ayrshire and Arran, it’s Lanarkshire, it’s particularly Glasgow just now. “We’ve seen that Glasgow city as a local authority is probably showing the highest seven-day cumulative incidence of any local authority in Scotland.” Dr Smith was also asked about cases linked to celebrations by Rangers fans in Glasgow earlier this month following the ...

Glasgow has the highest rate of positive test results (Andrew Milligan/PA) Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Glasgow has the highest weekly rate of new coronavirus cases in Scotland amid an uptick of positive tests mainly in the central belt. The increase is particularly apparent among people aged between 25 and 44, chie...

Dr Gregor Smith said some countries across Europe were seeing “exponential growth” in Covid cases, fuelled by both the so-called “Kent” variant – which is believed to be more transmissible and is now responsible for the vast majority of cases in Scotland – but also “variants of concern” from South Africa and Brazil. "I spent a little bit of time last night looking at some of the data from different countries across Europe and there’s no doubt about it, there are many countries...

�� Watch live: First Minister Nicola Sturgeon holds a press conference on #coronavirus (#COVIDー19). Joining the First Minister is Scotland’s Chief Medical Officer Dr Gregor Smith. https://t.co/HNLShTKzww— Scottish Government (@scotgov) March 17, 2021 The remaining cases are spread over nine other health board areas. Nicola Sturgeon confirmed that 422 people are in hospital - 18 fewer than yesterday, and 38 people are in intensive care - down four from yesterday. In the...