Christmas effects ‘seen in deaths’
Scotland is now seeing the effect of household mixing over the festive period in its coronavirus death figures, according to Deputy First Minister John Swinney.
Mr Swinney said that “we have seen the effect of Christmas within the case numbers and that will largely be presenting itself within our hospitals today.”
He added: "The challenges that we are facing will be a product of the development of cases, the immediate aftermath of that rapid acceleration that we saw after Christmas.”
Professor Jason Leitch added: "I think we've now seen first generation infections from Christmas in the num
bers and now in the hospital andicuadmissionsandnow unfortunately in the deaths.
“The challenge here of course is second and third generation infections. So if you mixed that Christmas, got infections and then spread it further - that is our big danger, that's why the restrictions stay in place.”