The latest data from Public Health Scotland covers the week between Christmas and New Year's Day.
Strep A cases are usually mild, causing illness ranging from a sore throat to scarlet fever, but on rare occasions can develop into an iGAS infection.
The health body's latest report, published on Wednesday, stated: "PHS is aware of 12 deaths amongst iGAS cases that appear to meet the case definition between October 3 and January 1 2023, an increase of five deaths since the previous report.Last week Scotland's national clinical director told BBC Scotland the deaths of two children were tragic but the number was "not unusual for this time of year".
Five of the latest cases involved children under the age of 10, meaning that since the start of October there have been 25 cases in this age group. This is down from 995 in the previous week, but compares with 300 and 480 reports a week that were observed at infection peaks since 2016.In its latest report, the health body said: "Increased numbers of GAS cases reported following recent communication with the public and the NHS may be a consequence of both increased ascertainment of cases due to increased testing in the community as well as actual increases in circulation of infections.
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