A further 7,162 cases of coronavirus have been reported in Scotland with the disease claiming another 16 lives.
Data published by the Scottish Government and Public Health Scotland show there are currently 1,511 patients with Covid in Scottish hospitals, which is down three from yesterday.
There are currently 43 people being treated with the disease in ICUs.
The new fatalities recorded within the last 24 hours bring the nation's death toll to 10,165. However, 12,675 deaths had been registered up to Sunday, January 16 where the disease was mentioned on the death certificate.
Meanwhile, there are 116 patients with Covid in Ayrshire hospitals – down one from yesterday – while fewer than five people are being treated with the illness in the region's intensive care units.
In terms of Public Health Scotland's rolling seven-day infection rate per 100,000 population, East Lothian has the highest rate in the country – at 672.8 as of Thursday, January 20.
Clackmannanshire has the second-highest infection rate at 647.3 while Dundee City is third with 637.
In terms of Ayrshire's three local authorities, East Ayrshire has the highest rate of 519.7; North Ayrshire's rate stands at 476 while South Ayrshire's is 428.
Of the 246 positive PCR cases reported in Ayrshire, 85 were in North Ayrshire with 84 in East Ayrshire and 76 in South Ayrshire.
7-day infection rate per 100,000 population for each council area...
61.2 Shetland Islands
187.5 Orkney Islands
319.3 Scottish Borders
396.2 Na h-Eileanan Siar
413.5 Stirling
428 South Ayrshire
436.6 Argyll & Bute
445.1 Moray
448.7 East Dunbartonshire
476 North Ayrshire
482.8 Dumfries & Galloway
486.6 Aberdeenshire
488 Highland
491.6 North Lanarkshire
496.7 West Lothian
496.9 West Dunbartonshire
501.1 Renfrewshire
502.8 East Renfrewshire
519.7 East Ayrshire
524.1 Angus
543.2 Midlothian
545 Inverclyde
547.3 Glasgow City
558.7 City of Edinburgh
581.3 Perth & Kinross
582.9 South Lanarkshire
587.2 Aberdeen City
600.9 Fife
632.8 Falkirk
637 Dundee City
647.3 Clackmannanshire
672.8 East Lothian
A total of 4,404,268 people have received one dose of a Covid vaccine; 4,099,222 are double jabbed and 3,238,127 people have received a third dose/booster.
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