Coronavirus update: Five more lives lost to Covid-19 in Scotland

In Scotland in the last 24 hours there have been a total of 827 positive cases which equates to 5.5 percent per cent of those tested overall.

NHS Greater Glasgow saw 202 cases, Lothian 178 and Lanarkshire 168 with the remaining cases spread across Scotland.

NHS Grampian saw 36 cases while NHS Highland saw a further 25 cases.

In the seven days to February 18 there were 91 cases in Aberdeenshire (34.8 per 100,000) and 70 in Aberdeen City (30.6 per 100,000) .

A total of five deaths were also recorded in Scotland with Covid-19 as a contributing factor in the last 24 hours.

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