Saturday's figure was the highest daily death toll since September, when 31 deaths were recorded in a one day.
Public heath expert Jillian Evans said the NHS and social care services will continue to be under pressure."For many of us who work in health and social care, the pressures are still huge and they will remain so for a while yet," she said.
"There are lots of signs of hope and I feel part of a growing narrative of what the future might look like, the easing of restrictions - are we getting back to normal? On Saturday there were 6,768 new Covid cases - a fall of around 400 from the day before. There were 1,458 people in hospital, down from 1,511 on Friday.Ms Evans said that "generally speaking", the Omicron wave had peaked sooner and was not as severe as was feared.
Sunday marks the final day of Omicron restrictions after First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced an end to the extra mitigations from Monday.
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