There were 17 new coronavirus deaths overnight in Scotland, the Scottish Government has announced.
A further 1,712 Scots have also tested positive for the deadly virus as cases continue to rise across the country.
Since the start of the pandemic a total of 52,615 people have tested positive for the deadly virus.
928 patients are currently being treated in hospital, an increase of 55 overnight, while 74 remain in intensive care.
Of the positive cases 584 were in Greater Glasgow and Clyde, 457 in Lanarkshire, 192 in Lothian and 151 in Ayrshire and Arran. The rest are split between the other nine health boards in Scotland.
Nicola Sturgeon unveiled the latest figures at her daily briefing from St Andrew's House in Edinburgh.
The news comes as The Record revealed that Scots should get ready for a “digital Christmas” that will not be normal.
Jason Leitch, the National Clinical Director of the Scottish Government, has given a frank assessment of the spread of covid-19 as Nicola Sturgeon prepares to detail the five new alert levels to restrict the spread of the disease.
Professor Leitch said that the introduction of the five-tier Scottish lockdown, due to be formally announced on Friday, would bring the infection rate down but was cautious about easing restrictions on people’s lives over the winter.
Leitch said: “I’m hopeful costs now may get us a more family Christmas. But Christmas is not going to be normal, absolutely no question about that.”
He told BBC Scotland: “We’re not going to be in large family groupings with multiple families coming round that is fiction for this year."
A draft of the new plan on coronavirus restrictions will be published on Friday.
Scotland is currently covered by a series of local and national restrictions.
However, the Scottish Government is moving towards a five tier framework which will see different restrictions apply in different parts of the country based on infection levels.
MSPs will debate the plan next week and, if approved, it will come into effect on November 2nd.
