Nicola Sturgeon is set to make an announcement regarding the rising Covid infections today, The Scottish Government has confirmed.
The briefing will start 12.15, with the First Minister joined by National Clinical Director Jason Leitch.
Taking to Twitter, Sturgeon announced the televised update saying: “There will be a covid briefing at 12.15pm today, giving an update on today’s figured and overall trends, and a reminder of the key steps we all need to take - to get vaccinated, test regularly and follow the public health precautions.
"Tune in if you can.”
You can follow all the latest Covid updates on our live blog.
This comes after Sturgeon suggested that Scotland will likely remain in the current levels for a few more weeks longer, to let the vaccine "catch-up". Scotland was originally expected to move down to Level zero on June 28, however earlier this week, Sturgeon said this would be "unlikely".
She will confirm this decision on Tuesday.
What time is the briefing?
Nicola Sturgeon is expected to deliver the update live from St Andrews House in Edinburgh at 12.15pm today.
The briefing will be broadcast live on the BBC One Scotland channel as well as the Scottish Government Twitter page.
What is she expected to say?
Yesterday it was revealed that the Covid infections are continuing to rise with 1,317 new cases reported yesterday.
As many Scots have travelled down to London for the Scotland V England match tonight and pubs most likley to be fully booked for the event, Sturgeon may caution Scots to take care, follow the rules and use lateral flow testing.
Yesterday's figures stated that there were four coronavirus patient deaths and 1,317 new cases yesterday, bringing the death toll to 7,688.
A total of 12 people were in intensive care, down from 15 the previous day.
And 3,571,726 people have received the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccination and 2,516,066 have received their second dose.
