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Health
Kathleen Speirs

Nicola Sturgeon announces 70 new coronavirus cases in Scotland as no deaths recorded

Nicola Sturgeon has announced that a further 70 people have tested positive for coronavirus in Scotland in the last 24 hours.

The Scottish Government figures confirmed no one died in the last 24 hours, with the death toll sitting at 2,499.

The total number of confirmed cases in Scotland now sits at 22,749 since the start of the pandemic in late March.

There are currently 264 patients in hospital with seven remaining in intensive care.

The latest figures come as lockdown rules in Scotland are tightened again amid a rise in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases.

From today, people will be banned from meeting in groups of more than six from two households.

The recent spike means the country is unable to move out of phase 3 of the pandemic road map next week as planned.

North and South Lanarkshire are the latest council areas to come under recent lockdown restrictions.

Scots in those areas, as well as Glasgow, West Dunbartonshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire are unable to meet up with any other households either in their own home, or inside someone else's home.

Exceptions include emergencies, those who care for vulnerable people and extended households.

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