Scotland has recorded six more coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours with 1148 new cases of the disease.
The latest daily figures showed that seven percent of people being tested had been confirmed as having Covid-19.
There were 1,193 people in hospital with the virus, a rise of 44 from the previous day’s total, according to the new figures.
This included 81 patients who were in intensive care, an increase of one.
Across Scotland a total of 65,061 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the pandemic so far.
There have been 2,849 people who have died within four weeks of being confirmed as having the disease.
Of the new cases, 443 were in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde health board area, with 258 in NHS Lanarkshire and 140 new cases recorded in NHS Lothian.
