A further 967 positive coronavirus cases have been registered across Scotland, taking the total number recorded since the start of the pandemic to over 120,000.
The Scottish Government confirmed the overall figure has risen to 120,891 following 967 new cases in the past 24 hours.
Meanwhile, the most recent test positivity rate stands at 12.2%, with the 967 cases coming from 8,819 new tests over the past day.
During the festive period, daily updates are being published by the Scottish Government to provide the latest data on the number of new cases of COVID-19 and the test positivity rate. However, over the holiday weekends of 25 to 28 December and 1 to 4 January, there will be no updates to the remaining statistics.
Today's figures comes as a top Glasgow doctor warns coronavirus cases in Scotland are set to soar in the coming days and weeks following the mixing of households over Christmas.
President of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Professor Jackie Taylor, told BBC Breakfast this morning: "When there is increased mixing we know there is likely to be increased transmission, (Scotland's) levels have never fallen to the kind of levels that we would have wished, so we are starting from a higher base.
"In addition, the new variant strain we are seeing does appear to be significantly more transmissible and that does give us great cause for concern, when we add that to the usual winter pressures we are really very anxious for the potential of a further huge surge of cases."
To see the Scottish Government figures in full, you can visit the Scot Gov website here.
