The Glasgow City council area has seen the most registered Covid-19 related deaths in the past week.
A total of 203 deaths were registered between December 14 and 20 across Scotland, figures from the National Records of Scotland (NRS) reveal.
This represents a decrease of 23 deaths from the previous week.
It brings the death toll where the Covid-19 is cited on the death certificate up to 6,928.
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#NRSStats show as at 20 December a total of 6,298 deaths have been registered in #Scotland where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate. 203 deaths were registered between 14 - 20 December, a decrease of 23 deaths from the previous week. https://t.co/Kos5k0XGkQ pic.twitter.com/2kTUYSy70e
— NatRecordsScot (@NatRecordsScot) December 23, 2020
Of the deaths last week, 31 occurred in Glasgow Cit and 25 occurred in South Lanarkshire.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed another 47 deaths of coronavirus patients were recorded in the past 24 hours,
Scotland has seen 1,190 new cases but the positivity rate has fallen from 5% to 7.5%.
The First Minister apologised during today's FMQ for breaching coronavirus rules at a funeral.
Ms Sturgeon said she was "sorry" for briefly taking off her mask and admitted "there are no excuses".
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