Nearly 1000 staff may have caught covid-19 in hospital, fuelling calls for Health Secretary Jeane Freeman to quit.
The figure is on top of the 901 patients in non coronavirus wards - 218 of whom died - who could also have been infected.
Tory MSP Miles Briggs said of Freeman: "She must resign.”
Freeman recently said there had been 125 “incidents” of coronovirus on non-covid wards between March 18 and June 3.
It later transpired the “incidents” included over 900 patients who had been admitted to hospital for non-covid conditions.
Addressing MSPs, Freeman also announced staff infection statistics:
“Last week we published initial unvalidated data on the number of suspected nosocomial [hospital-acquired] Covid-19 incidents.
“The challenge is that in all of the data on nosocomial infection it is not yet clear whether all of the individuals contracted the infection in the community prior to admission or within hospital.
“This unvalidated information is a compilation of reports from health boards and shows that there have been 125 Covid-19 incidents which are associated at the moment with a potential 901 patient cases, of which 870 are confirmed Covid-19 and 31 are suspected, and sadly 218 deaths.
“In addition, the same unvalidated information indicates 894 staff cases including both confirmed and suspected Covid-19.”
She added: “However this position is very far from definitive at the moment, not least due to the long incubation period of Covid-19.”
Tory MSP Miles Briggs said: “Little did we know that when the Health Secretary admitted there were 125 incidents of hospital acquired covid last week, she actually meant almost 2,000 - 901 patients and 894 staff.
“While we have long known the risks that our brave doctors and nurses undertake when they treat Covid victims, the lack of PPE within hospitals simply will not have helped.
“These revelations simply underline the importance of testing NHS staff, although the Health Secretary still hasn’t been able to give a date for when that will commence.
“What is absolutely clear is that almost 2,000 people have caught Covid from within Scottish hospitals.”
Labour MSP Monica Lennon said: “Families deserve answers and an apology. They need an independent inquiry to get to the bottom of this.”
The clash comes after the Scottish Tories called for Freeman to quit.
Scottish Conservative leader Jackson Carlaw accused Freeman of a “dismal performance” in office and claimed “enough is enough”.
Sturgeon has offered staunch support to her Health Secretary and attacked the Tory quit call.
