There have been 53 deaths from coronavirus in Scotland in the last 24 hours.
Nicola Sturgeon announced the latest figures at the daily Covid-19 briefing where she revealed there had been a further 1,149 cases of the virus overnight.
The total number of cases now stands at 183,418.
Since the start of the pandemic a total of 6,322 people have died after returning a positive coronavirus test.
1,812 people are currently in hospital while 127 are being treated in intensive care.
It comes as Public Health Scotland data reveals that in the week ending January 10, 219 hospital patients were found to have definitely caught Covid-19 while on a ward for treatment unrelated to coronavirus.
A further 113 patients were thought to have " probable hospital onset " of the virus.
The Public Health Scotland statistics record a definite case of hospital infection in cases where a patient tested positive for Covid 15 days or more after being admitted to hospital.
