A FURTHER 31 coronavirus deaths have been recorded in Scotland over the last 24 hours, the First Minister has said.
Speaking from the Scottish Government’s Covid-19 briefing, Nicola Sturgeon said the total number of people to die after testing positive for coronavirus in the previous 28 days stands at 2997.
The First Minister confirmed there have been 1072 cases confirmed over the last 24 hours, accounting for 5.5% of all tests carried out.
Of the new cases 460 were in Greater Glasgow and Clyde, 210 were in Lanarkshire, 112 were in Lothian and 75 were in Ayrshire and Arran. The remaining cases were spread across seven other health board areas.
READ MORE: Coronavirus Scotland: First weekend under new guidelines
There were also 1237 people in hospital with coronavirus, a decrease of 15 on the previous day.
There were 98 people in intensive care, an increase of three.
Sturgeon also spoke about the new quarantine measures, explaining Germany, Sweden and Denmark have been removed from the exemption list.
From 4am tomorrow people coming to Scotland from Germany and Sweden must quarantine for 14 days upon their arrival.
Meanwhile people coming to Scotland from Denmark must quarantine for 14 days upon their arrival from 12.30pm this afternoon.
It comes as Denmark recorded coronavirus cases of a variant strain linked to mink farms.
Why are you making commenting on The National only available to subscribers?
We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories. We’ve got the most informed readers in Scotland, asking each other the big questions about the future of our country.
Unfortunately, though, these important debates are being spoiled by a vocal minority of trolls who aren’t really interested in the issues, try to derail the conversations, register under fake names, and post vile abuse.
So that’s why we’ve decided to make the ability to comment only available to our paying subscribers. That way, all the trolls who post abuse on our website will have to pay if they want to join the debate – and risk a permanent ban from the account that they subscribe with.
The conversation will go back to what it should be about – people who care passionately about the issues, but disagree constructively on what we should do about them. Let’s get that debate started!
Callum Baird, Editor of The National
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here