Despite estimates one in 18 have the virus Prof Linda Bauld says the current wave will 'burn out'.
data compares with one in 30 for England and Wales and one in 25 for Northern Ireland.
They are not thought to be more lethal than any other form of Covid but they do appear to be spreading more quickly.Prof Linda Bauld was appointed as an adviser to the Scottish government last August On the rise in in hospital admissions, she said: "Even if not all of those people are there because of Covid, they have to be treated differently from other patients so that is something that my colleagues are watching very carefully.But she added the number of people that required intensive care was "really quite low".Prof Bauld said: "I think things will settle down. That's what we are seeing in Portugal.
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