Scottish Government has confirmed that 18 people have died from coronavirus in the last 24 hours, It brings the death toll since last March – of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days – to 8,396.The latest figures for Scotland showed that 2,870 new cases had also been identified overnight.There are currently 1,107 people in hospital confirmed to have the virus with 94 being treated in intensive care.The total number of positive cases since the pandemic started stands at 538,819.To date 4,160,835 people have received their first vaccination with 3,813,547 having a second jab.