THE latest figures on deaths relating to Covid-19 in Argyll and Bute have been released.

For the seventh week running, there have been no deaths in the area in which Covid was mentioned on the death certificate.

The updated National Records of Scotland statistics cover the period between May 3 and May 9.

It means that the number of people who have died from Covid in Argyll and Bute in 2021 remains at 20.

The total number of Covid-related deaths recorded in Argyll and Bute is 106 from when the pandemic began last March.

Figures from across the country as a whole reveal the lowest weekly death total for Scotland in six months.

A total of seven deaths relating to Covid were registered across the country in the seven days to Sunday, May 9 - down 12 from 19 the previous week.

In total, 10,104 deaths have been registered in Scotland where coronavirus was mentioned on the death certificate, according to the statistics.

Of those registered this week, the majority happened in hospital at five, with one in a care home and one at home or in a non-institutional setting.

The statistics are published weekly and cover all deaths registered in Scotland where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.

They differ from the lab-confirmed coronavirus deaths announced daily by the Scottish Government because the NRS figures include suspected or probable cases of Covid-19.