Morethan 110,000 people get vaccine in Scotland

More than 110,000 people in Scotland have received their first vaccination as of Sunday, Ni cola Sturgeon has said.

The 113,459 figure only encompasses those who have received their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine, with the Oxford/AstraZeneca inoculation being first used on Monday.

The Scottish Government is also halfway through vaccinating residents in care homes, the first minister said at the daily coronavirus briefing.

“That is extremely important, as you have just heard, more than a third of people who died from Covid last week died in our care homes,” she said.

“We very much hope that the vaccine will very soon start to significantly reduce the risk of care home residents becoming ill with the virus.”

It comes as Scotland recorded 78 deaths of coronavirus patients and 2,649 new cases in the past 24-hour period, according to official figures.

Scottish Government statistics indicate the daily test positivity rate is 11.3%, up from 10.5% on Wednesday when 2,039 positive cases were recorded.

A total of 143,7 15 people have tested positive in Scotland since the start of the pandemic.

There are 1,467 people in hospital confirmed to have Covid-19, up 83 from 1,384 in 24 hours.

Of these patients, 100 are in intensive care – up by five on the previous day.

It comes as Ms Sturgeon said more than 1,100 vaccination sites would be operational across Scotland next week.

She added that daily numbers of people receiving a jab would be published Monday to Friday from next week.