New figures show Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate of 161 people in September.
The number of people dying from coronavirus in Scotland has fallen, according to the latest figures.
Of the 15,794 people in Scotland whose deaths involved Covid-19, 93% had at least one pre-existing condition, with the most common being dementia or Alzheimer's disease.In both August and September, there were more deaths in men than women. Last week, six of the Covid deaths were in South Lanarkshire, and there were four each in the Glasgow and Edinburgh city council areas. Most deaths occurred in hospitals, six were in care homes, and four were at home or in a non-institutional setting.
"People living in the most deprived areas were 2.4 times as likely to die with Covid-19 as those in the least deprived areas," he said.
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