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Confirmed or suspected coronavirus deaths in Scotland fell last week, the latest figures show.

Covid Scotland: Coronavirus deaths fall in weekly update

Babies are significantly more likely to die in Scotland's poorest areas than their counterparts in the wealthiest neighbourhoods (Picture: Didier Pallages/AFP via Getty Images)

Scotland's strange class system leaves poor children to die – Joseph Anderson

Census time in Scotland was extended after a slow return

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An estimated 250 homeless people died in Scotland last year. Picture: Phil Wilkinson

Estimated 250 homeless people died in Scotland last year

Amost three in 10 (28%) of the 63,587 deaths registered in 2021 were considered preventable or treatable.

New rise in the number of avoidable deaths in Scotland

Confirmed or suspected coronavirus deaths in Scotland have fallen, according to the latest figures.

Covid deaths fall in latest weekly figures

Cancer remained the number one killer in Scotland, with 4,056 people losing their lives to the disease

Deaths in Scotland almost 10% higher than average, with infant deaths increasing

Stromness village in the Orkney islands - one of the places city dwellers are flocking to
Photo: Getty Images

People moving to the countryside sees decline in Scottish city populations

Confirmed or suspected coronavirus deaths in Scotland fell in the week to Sunday, according to the latest figures.

Covid Scotland: Coronavirus deaths fall in weekly update

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has promised to tackle soaring drug death figures.

Poorest Scots 15 times more likely to die from drug misuse last year

The numbers have risen.

Confirmed Covid deaths in Scotland rise

Three people died in the derailment at Carmont in August 2020

Regulator concerned about Network Rail remedial work after fatal Carmont crash

Suspected drug deaths have fallen in the latest figures for Scotland

Suspected drug deaths in Scotland fall in latest figures

Staff at University Hospital Monklands attend to a Covid-positive patient on the ICU ward on February 5, 2021 in Airdrie, Scotland. Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Covid sparked 10% increase in rate of avoidable deaths in 2020, report finds

Scotland's birth rate hit a record low in 2020. Picture: Didier Pallages/AFP via Getty Images

Number of births in Scotland 'rises slightly' in 2021 after record low

Scotland's 2022 Census contains voluntary questions around trans status and sexual orientation (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images).

‘Census trans status question is hugely important'

The number of over-65s is set to increase as Scotland's population is projected to peak in 2028 before falling. Picture: Getty Images

Scotland's population set to start falling in six years' time

A total of 97 coronavirus-linked deaths were recorded in Scotland in the week to November 28, the latest statistics show.

Small increase in weekly Covid deaths

The last Scottish census was in 2011.

Scotland's delayed census expected to cost £21.6 million more than planned

Spiky railings will be installed to deter the homeless from sleeping on the steps at West Register House in Charlotte Square, Edinburgh. Picture: Michael Gillen.

Railings to be installed at A-listed building to deter homeless sleepers

A further person has died in Scotland where the underlying cause was adverse effects of the Covid-19 vaccine, bringing the total number of such deaths to five.

Further death linked to Covid-19 vaccine

Members of the public walk past a government poster reminding people to socially distance and abide by the lockdown restrictions in the city centre on January 29, 2021 in Glasgow. Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Covid Scotland: Highest winter death toll in 20 years due to pandemic

The number of weekly Covid-19 deaths in Scotland has hit the highest level since February.

Covid deaths in Scotland hit highest level in 7 months

Life expectancy in Scotland has suffered the sharpest fall since records began. Picture: PA

Life expectancy in Scotland suffers sharpest fall in 40 years

The NRS research highlighted acute imbalances in death rates among those in Scotland's most deprived and affluent communities. Pictures: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty

Death rate in deprived areas nearly double that of affluent communities

Pupils return to school this week with the difficulties caused by the pandemic still having repercussions for mental health

Schools need support to deal with pupils’ trauma - Readers' Letters

Scotland has recorded 10 coronavirus-linked deaths and 1,498 new cases in the past 24 hours.

10 coronavirus-linked deaths and 1,498 new cases

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Picture: PA

Sturgeon 'welcomes' publication of Covid-19 deaths by hospital after NRS u-turn

The National Records of Scotland will publish the number of deaths in individual hospitals.

Scottish Government agency to publish Covid-19 deaths by hospital figures

Nicola Sturgeon insisted there had been no attempt to hide the scale of care home deaths

Government agency withholding information is worrying trend - Euan McColm

The National Records of Scotland unlawfully kept a breakdown of care home deaths by individual home.

Scottish Government agency unlawfully kept care home death figures secret

Staff check on patients suffering with Covid-19 on the critical care unit at the Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge picture: PA

Covid no longer top cause of death in Scotland according to recent study

The latest daily coronavirus figures have been shared by the Scottish Government.

Coronavirus in Scotland: 1,949 new cases recorded

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