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occurred A quarter of Scottish deaths in connection with coronavirus, in care homes, new figures have suggested.

The National Records of Scotland said, 962 dead had now registered in Scotland, where The Virus was mentioned on the Death Certificate .

most of these deaths occurred in the hospital, but 25% were in nursing homes and 13% in other settings.

In the week from 6 to 12 April, the mentioned virus, in 31% of all deaths registered in Scotland.

The offer a broader Picture of the impact of The Virus on Scotland the Health Protection Scotland statistics, are announced every day.

The HP figures, which show only the cases, in hospitals, in which a positive test was taken, put the Death Toll at 566 on 12. April.

numbers of The new NRS, said coronavirus had been notified of the Death Certificate in 962 cases - 608 in The Last week.

of the total Of 596 deaths occurred in hospitals, 237 were in nursing homes and 128 in the Home or outside care.

Nearly 70% of all registered death cases in connection with Covid-19 were of persons aged 75 years or older, and only eight of those who died were under the age of 45.

The Report also looks at which areas of Scotland the worst affected.

The Covid-19 mortality rate is 2. 7 per 10,000 inhabitants in the greater Glasgow and Clyde, and 2. 6 in limits. However, the value is 0 was. 8 in Grampian and Western Isles had not recorded a death.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon of the NRS report said "a more comprehensive Picture and a more accurate one".

She Said she was "aware" that the numbers were "hard to hear" and "higher than anyone would ever want to think about it".

But She Said The Information that informs crucial to the understanding of the spread of The Virus and about what to do Next .

Nicola Sturgeon said the figures were difficult to hear, but important to help the investigation of The Virus -

- Ms Sturgeon said 433 nursing homes in Scotland had cases of the coronavirus, and stressed that the government "will do everything we can to prevent infection and to control, if there is an infection in a nursing Home ".

you said moves would be made to try everything, patients in nursing homes, which showed symptoms of Covid-19.

But She Said she was a guide to the houses "very significantly", and that the isolation and social distance remained "The Most important factor" in the management and prevention of infection.

And stressed that "none of us are powerless" in The Face of The Virus , as "all of us have a little bit of control", by the following Rules of lockdown.

Scotland' s coronavirus deaths

in This year' s deaths plotted against the five-year average

the Figures up to Sunday 12 April source: National records of Scotand

The provisional total number of deaths in Scotland for the week up to the 12. April was 1,969 - "Much higher" than the average for the same week in The Last five years, it was almost 1,100.

Ms Sturgeon said that while Much could be attributed to the increase of The Virus , "not everything". You said This Was a "very serious Problem for us, and to explore more".

The First Minister also said 1,748 people were currently in hospital with The Virus , and 195 of them in intensive care.

Both of these numbers down to The Last few days, which She Said was "cause for some very cautious optimism".

How is this different from The Daily data?

announced The figures, every day by the Scottish Government , Health Protection Scotland (HPS), and reflect on coronavirus cases have been confirmed by laboratory tests.

shows a day, This figure, how many people died within 28 Days , tested positive for The Virus .

The larger numbers that come up on Wednesday from The National Records of Scotland, and capture a larger image.

Scotland' s coronavirus deaths

comparison of HPS and NRS figures

up to Sunday 12 April source: National Records of Scotland

they include all cases in which Covid-19 is mentioned on a deed on death - Even if the patient was in the hospital and had not been tested, and Even there, where The Virus is a "suspected" cause of death, or one of A Number of factors.

This is why they are referred to as suspected by the NRS as cases "where" coronavirus - the data, the cases covered all of the death, where The Virus has been confirmed, or Probable Cause of death as either an underlying cause or directly contribute to it.

As well as a wide, these figures are also broken down in more depth, than the HPS, with extra characters, including the age group of those who die, your gender, where you were in the country, and whether you are in the hospital, a care facility or At Home .

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Source of news: bbc.com