The number of patients in Scottish hospitals with coronavirus has risen by 15 per cent in a week, despite a fall in cases, new figures show.
While the latest data from Public Health Scotland (PHS) shows a drop in overall cases for the second week in a row, the number of people in hospital with Covid-19 increased to 1,669.
The latest PHS data for the week ending July 10, show that across Scotland reported cases of coronavirus fell by almost 10 per cent.
Figures also show 16,521 cases of coronavirus were reported that week - a drop of 9.5 per cent from the previous week.While the amount of patients with coronavirus in hospital grew, the number of total cases in Scotland fell.