A further 67 coronavirus deaths have been recorded in Scotland over the last 24 hours.
Health secretary, Jeane Freeman, also announced that 830 new cases of COVID-19 were reported overnight, taking the total figure to 190,005.
The latest deaths take the total toll to 6,666.
1,472 people are in hospital being treated for the deadly virus while 115 people remain in intensive care.
The news came on the day The Record told how the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak is coming under renewed pressure to extend the furlough job retention scheme beyond April after new figures which show that the economy crashed by 9.9 per cent in the last year.
Figures from the The Office for National Statistics stated the economy shrunk at the fastest rate since the 1920s last year as the coronavirus pandemic forced thousands of businesses to remain closed for several months.
The 9.9 per cent fall marks the worst year for the UK economy since Gross Domestic Product, GDP, started being used as a record of performance after WWII.
Last year's contraction is steeper than almost any other big economy, although Spain suffered an 11 per cent decline.
Sunak said the figures revealed the “serious shock” the pandemic has had on the economy.
He added: “At the Budget I will set out the next stage of our plan for jobs, and the support we’ll provide through the next phase of pandemic.”
