Seven people have died after testing positive for coronavirus in Scotland in the last 24 hours, Nicola Sturgeon has announced.
The new deaths recorded overnight mean the death toll stands at 2,550 since the start of the pandemic.
1,297 more people people tested positive for the deadly bug overnight, bringing the total number of confirmed cases since March to 41,256.
A total of 527 people are currently being treated in hospital for the killer bug with 35 in intensive care.
Of the latest cases 419 were recorded in Greater Glasgow and Clyde, 337 in Lanarkshire, 191 in Lothian and 95 in Ayrshire and Arran health boards.
The First Minister announced the latest figures during her daily Covid-19 briefing in Edinburgh.
The rising figures come as new information emerges on the state of the UK's finances due to the pandemic.
Taxes will have to rise by more than £40 billion a year just to prevent Government borrowing spiralling out of control, a leading economic think tank has warned.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said borrowing this year was already set to hit levels not seen outside the two world wars due to the coronavirus pandemic.
As unemployment continues to rise, the IFS said the jobless total could approach three million which is the highest it has been since the early 1990s.
The £40 billion would have to be found just to keep the national debt at a standstill.
