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data-testid="byline-new" class="sc-b42e7a8f-0 haItSe"><div class="sc-b42e7a8f-1 cjDa-dM"><time dateTime="2022-03-21T21:03:05.000Z" class="sc-b42e7a8f-2 bGezbH">21 March 2022</time><div class="sc-b42e7a8f-3 cFXrjb"></div></div><div class="sc-b42e7a8f-4 cVwCpL"></div></div></div><figure><div data-component="image-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 ejjhCR"><div data-testid="hero-image" class="sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC"><img src="/bbcx/grey-placeholder.png" class="sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script"/><img sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw" srcSet="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/0D96/production/_123787430_hospitalcovidgetty.jpg.webp 240w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/0D96/production/_123787430_hospitalcovidgetty.jpg.webp 320w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/0D96/production/_123787430_hospitalcovidgetty.jpg.webp 480w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/640/cpsprodpb/0D96/production/_123787430_hospitalcovidgetty.jpg.webp 640w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/0D96/production/_123787430_hospitalcovidgetty.jpg.webp 800w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/cpsprodpb/0D96/production/_123787430_hospitalcovidgetty.jpg.webp 1024w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1536/cpsprodpb/0D96/production/_123787430_hospitalcovidgetty.jpg.webp 1536w" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/0D96/production/_123787430_hospitalcovidgetty.jpg.webp" alt="Getty Images NHS staff in PPE" class="sc-a34861b-0 efFcac"/><span class="sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK">Getty Images</span></div></div><div data-component="caption-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 bdPeAJ"><figcaption class="sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw">The number of patients in hospital with Covid is higher than it has ever been</figcaption></div></figure><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe"><b id="the-number-of-patients-in-scottish-hospitals-with-covid-has-reached-the-highest-level-seen-during-the-pandemic." class="sc-7dcfb11b-0 kVRnKf">The number of patients in Scottish hospitals with Covid has reached the highest level seen during the pandemic. </b></p></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">Latest figures reveal 2,128 patients recently tested positive for the virus, higher than the previous peak in January 2021.</p></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">The number requiring ICU treatment, however, remains relatively low as fewer patients become seriously ill. </p></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">The latest Covid surge is thought to be driven by a more transmissible sub-variant of Omicron. </p></div><div data-component="unordered-list-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 jVHuOl"><ul class="sc-5c9c90b0-0 cnfHHs"><li class="sc-8d73edac-0 ezcCTE"><a target="_self" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-60794047" class="sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB">New record as one in 14 Scots had Covid last week</a></li><li class="sc-8d73edac-0 ezcCTE"><a target="_self" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-60736253" class="sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB">What's going on with Covid in Scotland?</a></li></ul></div><div data-component="ad-slot" data-testid="ad-unit" class="sc-eb24677f-0 kuYBMG"><div data-testid="dotcom-mid_1" id="dotcom-mid_1" class="dotcom-ad"></div></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">The latest daily figures revealed that a further 9,533 new cases were reported on Monday. No new deaths were reported but register offices are generally closed at weekends.</p></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">The number of people with Covid in hospital has risen by 78 since Friday but only 31 of the 2,128 Covid-positive patients were so ill that they required intensive care. </p></div><figure><div data-component="image-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 jFCfG"><div data-testid="image" class="sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC"><img src="/bbcx/grey-placeholder.png" class="sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script"/><img sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw" srcSet="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/CCFE/production/_123787425_covidhosp21march.png.webp 240w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/CCFE/production/_123787425_covidhosp21march.png.webp 320w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/CCFE/production/_123787425_covidhosp21march.png.webp 480w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/640/cpsprodpb/CCFE/production/_123787425_covidhosp21march.png.webp 640w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/CCFE/production/_123787425_covidhosp21march.png.webp 800w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/cpsprodpb/CCFE/production/_123787425_covidhosp21march.png.webp 1024w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1536/cpsprodpb/CCFE/production/_123787425_covidhosp21march.png.webp 1536w" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/CCFE/production/_123787425_covidhosp21march.png.webp" alt="Covidhospital" class="sc-a34861b-0 efFcac"/></div></div><div data-component="caption-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 bdPeAJ"><figcaption class="sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw">Hospital Covid numbers have risen far higher than during the most recent Omicron peak in January.</figcaption></div></figure><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">On Friday, data from the Office for National Statistics suggested that one in 14 Scots, a total of 376,300 people, had Covid in the week ending 12 March. Most cases are thought to involve the more transmissible BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron.</p></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">Omicron infections tend to be milder and with a large proportion of people vaccinated, the risks of becoming seriously unwell with this variant are relatively low. </p></div><div data-component="ad-slot" data-testid="ad-unit" class="sc-eb24677f-0 kuYBMG"><div data-testid="dotcom-mid_2" id="dotcom-mid_2" class="dotcom-ad"></div></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">Despite this, Prof Linda Bauld, an expert in public health at the University of Edinburgh who also advises the government, told BBC Radio Scotland's <a target="_self" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074hf7" class="sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB">Good Morning Scotland programme</a> the NHS was still under real pressure.</p></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">Prof Bauld said Covid-positive patients required more protocols which take more time, even if they were originally admitted to hospital for other ailments. </p></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">Waiting lists and staff absences have also been affected by outbreaks, she added.</p></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">She advised people should take up the offer of vaccines and expect future vaccines to protect against multiple variants.</p></div><figure><div data-component="image-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 gfTVSf"><div data-testid="image" class="sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC"><img src="/bbcx/grey-placeholder.png" class="sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script"/><img sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw" srcSet="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/F677/production/_123759036_presentational_grey_line464-nc.jpg.webp 240w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/F677/production/_123759036_presentational_grey_line464-nc.jpg.webp 320w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/F677/production/_123759036_presentational_grey_line464-nc.jpg.webp 480w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/640/cpsprodpb/F677/production/_123759036_presentational_grey_line464-nc.jpg.webp 640w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/F677/production/_123759036_presentational_grey_line464-nc.jpg.webp 800w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/cpsprodpb/F677/production/_123759036_presentational_grey_line464-nc.jpg.webp 1024w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1536/cpsprodpb/F677/production/_123759036_presentational_grey_line464-nc.jpg.webp 1536w" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/F677/production/_123759036_presentational_grey_line464-nc.jpg.webp" alt="Presentational grey line" class="sc-a34861b-0 efFcac"/></div></div></figure><div data-component="ad-slot" data-testid="ad-unit" class="sc-eb24677f-0 kuYBMG"><div data-testid="dotcom-mid_3" id="dotcom-mid_3" class="dotcom-ad"></div></div><figure><div data-component="image-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 gfTVSf"><div data-testid="image" class="sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC"><img src="/bbcx/grey-placeholder.png" class="sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script"/><img sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw" srcSet="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/CF67/production/_123759035__109824484_lisasummers_tr-nc.png.webp 240w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/CF67/production/_123759035__109824484_lisasummers_tr-nc.png.webp 320w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/CF67/production/_123759035__109824484_lisasummers_tr-nc.png.webp 480w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/640/cpsprodpb/CF67/production/_123759035__109824484_lisasummers_tr-nc.png.webp 640w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/CF67/production/_123759035__109824484_lisasummers_tr-nc.png.webp 800w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/cpsprodpb/CF67/production/_123759035__109824484_lisasummers_tr-nc.png.webp 1024w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1536/cpsprodpb/CF67/production/_123759035__109824484_lisasummers_tr-nc.png.webp 1536w" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/CF67/production/_123759035__109824484_lisasummers_tr-nc.png.webp" alt="Analysis box by Lisa Summers, health correspondent, Scotland" class="sc-a34861b-0 efFcac"/></div></div></figure><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">Many health boards say they are seeing more Covid patients in hospital now than at any point in the pandemic.</p></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">Yet there is no clamour from medics and health officials for more restrictions - that's because Covid itself is less of a direct threat than it once was.</p></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">The vast majority of Covid patients do not need to be admitted to intensive care and are recovering more quickly. That's down to high vaccination rates and better treatments.</p></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">Instead Covid is causing a different sort of pressure on hospitals. </p></div><div data-component="ad-slot" data-testid="ad-unit" class="sc-eb24677f-0 kuYBMG"><div data-testid="dotcom-mid_4" id="dotcom-mid_4" class="dotcom-ad"></div></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">Patients need to be kept separate to limit infection spread, limiting bed capacity in some wards. You may need to pull nursing staff from places like outpatients or day surgery to cover gaps caused by staff absences. And shortages in social care mean it's harder to get people out of hospital.</p></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">It all leads to less capacity, people waiting too long in emergency departments and ever-growing waiting lists. </p></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">These are the sort of pressures that the NHS is going to have to deal with for a long time to come. </p></div><figure><div data-component="image-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 gfTVSf"><div data-testid="image" class="sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC"><img src="/bbcx/grey-placeholder.png" class="sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script"/><img sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw" srcSet="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/F677/production/_123759036_presentational_grey_line464-nc.jpg.webp 240w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/F677/production/_123759036_presentational_grey_line464-nc.jpg.webp 320w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/F677/production/_123759036_presentational_grey_line464-nc.jpg.webp 480w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/640/cpsprodpb/F677/production/_123759036_presentational_grey_line464-nc.jpg.webp 640w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/F677/production/_123759036_presentational_grey_line464-nc.jpg.webp 800w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/cpsprodpb/F677/production/_123759036_presentational_grey_line464-nc.jpg.webp 1024w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1536/cpsprodpb/F677/production/_123759036_presentational_grey_line464-nc.jpg.webp 1536w" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/F677/production/_123759036_presentational_grey_line464-nc.jpg.webp" alt="Presentational grey line" class="sc-a34861b-0 efFcac"/></div></div></figure><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">Most of the remaining legal Covid restrictions in Scotland have now officially come to an end.</p></div><div data-component="ad-slot" data-testid="ad-unit" class="sc-eb24677f-0 kuYBMG"><div data-testid="dotcom-mid_5" id="dotcom-mid_5" class="dotcom-ad"></div></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">Businesses are no longer required to retain customers' contact details - although the legal requirement to wear face coverings in shops, hospitality venues and public transport remains in place.</p></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said the rule will stay for "a further short period" because of the surge in cases.</p></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">The measure will be reviewed again before the Scottish Parliament's Easter recess on 2 April, and is expected to become guidance shortly afterwards.</p></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">Vaccine boosters have already been offered to the most vulnerable people and public health experts expect them to be rolled out to people in their 50s and 60s in the autumn. </p></div><div data-component="subheadline-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 eeiVGB"><h2 class="sc-518485e5-0 kRvAla">'Ending testing is a mistake'</h2></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">Asymptomatic people will still be advised to test regularly until 18 April - with tests free of charge - and people with symptoms should continue to get a PCR test until the end of that month.</p></div><div data-component="ad-slot" data-testid="ad-unit" class="sc-eb24677f-0 kuYBMG"><div data-testid="dotcom-mid_6" id="dotcom-mid_6" class="dotcom-ad"></div></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">However, the population-wide testing and contact tracing system will come to a close at the end of April - a move criticised by public health expert Prof Devi Sridhar.</p></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">She told BBC Scotland's <a target="_self" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0002wtg" class="sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB">The Nine</a>: "We won't be able to pick up if there's a new variant spreading, if that's causing higher hospitalisation rates. People won't know if they're infectious to others. </p></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">"I think there's a real risk that we lose sight of this virus in surveillance so I think giving up testing is a huge mistake. Giving up testing will cost us not just in terms of the infection spreading but in the people it finds and kills."</p></div><figure><div data-component="image-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 jFCfG"><div data-testid="image" class="sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC"><img src="/bbcx/grey-placeholder.png" class="sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script"/><img sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw" srcSet="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/240/cpsprodpb/0CD7/production/_123778230_gettyimages-1381273761.jpg.webp 240w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/0CD7/production/_123778230_gettyimages-1381273761.jpg.webp 320w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/0CD7/production/_123778230_gettyimages-1381273761.jpg.webp 480w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/640/cpsprodpb/0CD7/production/_123778230_gettyimages-1381273761.jpg.webp 640w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/0CD7/production/_123778230_gettyimages-1381273761.jpg.webp 800w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/cpsprodpb/0CD7/production/_123778230_gettyimages-1381273761.jpg.webp 1024w,https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1536/cpsprodpb/0CD7/production/_123778230_gettyimages-1381273761.jpg.webp 1536w" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/0CD7/production/_123778230_gettyimages-1381273761.jpg.webp" alt="Getty Images covid test" class="sc-a34861b-0 efFcac"/><span class="sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK">Getty Images</span></div></div><div data-component="caption-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 bdPeAJ"><figcaption class="sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw">People with symptoms should continue to get a PCR test until the end of April</figcaption></div></figure><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">Some public health experts have questioned whether face coverings will have any effect on the jump in case numbers.</p></div><div data-component="ad-slot" data-testid="ad-unit" class="sc-eb24677f-0 kuYBMG"><div data-testid="dotcom-mid_7" id="dotcom-mid_7" class="dotcom-ad"></div></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">Christine Tait-Burkard, from The Roslin Institute, has told BBC Scotland the impact that mask-wearing makes without many of the other restrictions in place "is small, or is smaller than it ever was before".</p></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">But she backed the extended retention of the legal requirement as "last reminder" of the need for caution.</p></div><div data-component="subheadline-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 eeiVGB"><h2 class="sc-518485e5-0 kRvAla">'Be patient'</h2></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">The first minister has said a sharp rise in infections was putting "significant pressure on hospital capacity", but that vaccines were still giving people good protection.</p></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">Ms Sturgeon, giving an update on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-scotlands-strategic-framework-update-february-2022/" class="sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB">the government's strategic framework for managing the virus</a> last week, said she needed to "ask everyone to be patient for a little while longer on face coverings".</p></div><div data-component="text-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ"><p class="sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe">The Scottish Conservatives have described the retention of the mask rules as "a blow for households and businesses".</p></div><div data-component="ad-slot" data-testid="ad-unit" class="sc-eb24677f-0 kuYBMG"><div data-testid="dotcom-mid_8" id="dotcom-mid_8" class="dotcom-ad"></div></div><div data-component="unordered-list-block" class="sc-18fde0d6-0 jVHuOl"><ul class="sc-5c9c90b0-0 cnfHHs"><li class="sc-8d73edac-0 ezcCTE"><a target="_self" 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