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Coronavirus in Scotland LIVE: Deaths go over 2,000 mark
Updates on coronavirus in Scotland and across the world.
Updates on coronavirus in Scotland and across the world.
Coronavirus in Scotland LIVE: Latest updates on Wednesday
Key Events
- A further 83 people die from Covid-19 in Scotland
- Total deaths have reached 1,415
- 2,521 people have been discharged from hospital
- 11,034 people have tested positive for Covid-19
Coronavirus testing: key workers and age groups eligible for a Covid-19 test - and how to apply
Care home residents, those who work away from home and over-65s are now eligible to apply for a coronavirus test
NHS Louisa Jordan should be used to 'relieve' care home Covid-19 crisis
The £43m temporary coronavirus hospital, the NHS Louisa Jordan, should be used by the Scottish Government to ease the burden on care homes overwhelmed with sick residents, it was claimed today.
CalMac has revealed it had to knock back 35 passengers last weekend whose journeys were not essential.
Emergency closure of three Edinburgh roads for walkers and cyclists
The city council is to shut Silverknowes Road, Braid Road and Links Gardens within days.
Erskine charity for veterans reports 24 deaths in care homes
Scottish charity Erskine also report that 90 residents are thought to have been positive but are now recovering
With one day left before the UK Government’s self-imposed deadline to reach 100,000 daily coronavirus tests, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has said there were 52,000 tests carried out in the latest 24 hour period. There were 765 deaths recorded yesterday across the UK
The UK Government has published the first official daily figure for coronavirus deaths that includes those who have died in all settings, not just in hospital. It takes the UK’s official death toll to 26,097 - an increase of more than four thousand compared with yesterday, although the additional deaths will have taken place over the period from 2 March
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