The Scottish government says reporting results has been delayed due to the high volume of tests.
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A further 20,217 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Scotland, the highest daily figure since the pandemic began.
The official figures are the first to be published in 2022 – after another tranche released on 29 December also showed record cases.
The Scottish government said there had been delays in results being reported due to the high volume of tests.
It said the figure had also been impacted by the holiday weekend.
Of the 65,860 tests that reported results, 34.9% were positive.
The statistics also showed more than 1,000 people were in hospital – the highest since October last year.
In terms of vaccinations, figures showed 4,383,212 people have received their first dose, 4,017,051 have received their second dose and 2,992,583 had received a booster.
