covid-19 since the outbreak began last March. Figures from the National Records of Scotland (NRS) show that 9,997 death certificates mentioned covid up until Sunday 4 April, leaving Scotland with one of the highest death tolls per head of population in Europe.Since then there have been a further six deaths of people who had tested positive for coronavirus, taking the total number of COVID-related deaths to at least 10,003.Freeman’s comments are the closest Scottish Government ministers have come yet to conceding that their decisions in the early stages of the pandemic had tragic consequences.But Jackie Baillie, Scottish Labour’s deputy leader and health spokeswoman said the admissions offered no comfort to the families of those who.
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