There have been no new coronavirus deaths registered in Scotland but 67 new positive cases have been confirmed.
The total number of positive cases is now 18, 847 according to the latest Scottish Government released figures.
Nicola Sturgeon announced that 270 of patients are currently being treated for confirmed or suspected cases of the virus in hospital - with four in intensive care - an increase on yesterday.
There have been no new Covid-19 deaths for the past 21 days in Scotland- meaning the hospital death toll remains at 2,491.
Of the positive cases 39 are in Grampian, and 17 in Greater Glasgow and Clyde health board areas.
Nicola Sturgeon confirmed it was agreed to reimpose lockdown restrictions in the Aberdeen city area after a spike in cases yesterday.
Twenty licenced premises have been identified with the clusters of outbreaks in Aberdeenshire.
The First Minister has imposed a travel restriction to Aberdeenshire residents, and have asked Scots not to travel to the area.
She said she was left on the brink of tears after photographs emerged of scores of punters queueing to get inside an Aberdeen bar on Saturday night.
The image came after a cluster of coronavirus cases linked to another venue in Aberdeen more than doubled.
Meanwhile, Scots workers are fearing for their future with 4,500 jobs lost at major UK employers in the first two working days in August.
Several companies announced redundancies and reported shrinking profits in the wake of the coronavirus lockdown.
A total of £50billion in loans to businesses hit by Covid-19 have been approved so far, the Treasury said, to hold back the flood of closures.
The Government is continuing to support the salaries of 9.6million workers on furlough through the Job Retention Scheme.
