Covid in Scotland: Scotland passes two million vaccinations milestone
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More than two million Scots are now fully vaccinated against coronavirus.
Figures released on Sunday, external showed 2,022,728 people have received both doses of a vaccine after 24,319 were jabbed in the latest 24-hour period.
In total, 3,234,311 people have been given at least one dose of a vaccine in Scotland, an increase of 18,541 on Saturday's figure.
It comes as the latest figures showed a further 526 cases of Covid-19 were reported.
The proportion of Covid tests returning a positive result rose from the 2.5% on Saturday to 3.2% on Sunday.
The Scottish government has stepped up moves to speed up second vaccinations after it emerged the India variant was fuelling high infection rates.
In Glasgow, which is the only part of Scotland currently subject to level 3 restrictions, drop-in vaccination centres have been running in an attempt to stem transmission levels.
The facilities, aimed at those aged over 40 yet to have a first vaccine dose or who have waited over 10 weeks for a second dose of AstraZeneca, have prompted queues of people to seek vaccinations.
People in Glasgow queue to get vaccinated at the New Victoria Hospital drop-in centre
The latest drop-in centre was launched at the SSE Hydro on Sunday, with others operating in Paisley, Bearsden, Alexandria, Renfrew, Johnstone, Greenock, Dumbarton, Eastwood, Kirkintilloch, Clydebank and Port Glasgow from the start of next week.
On Sunday, the deputy first minister acknowledged that there had been issues with the roll-out of the vaccination programme after it emerged some vaccination letters have been delayed due to a fault with the appointment system.
The admission comes after more than half of people due to get their jab at a mass vaccination centre in Glasgow last weekend failed to turn up.
John Swinney told BBC Scotland's The Sunday Show that the Scottish government would adjust its vaccination strategy to target younger people.
He said: "What we are finding is the letter distribution programme - the blue envelopes - has worked very successfully for the older part of the population, but when it comes to the younger groups where there is more turnover in accommodation and GP registrations, that model is not working so successfully.
"That is why we have opened up the registration opportunity for 18-29 year-olds. And we have got over 200,000 registrations already for the vaccination programme.
"So we have accepted that the letter distribution programme is not working so well for the younger population."
According to the latest Scottish government figures there were no further deaths of people with the virus reported in the past 24 hours.
It means the death toll under this daily measure - of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days - remains at 7,668.
