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Cheryl McEvoy

Nicola Sturgeon confirms covid lockdown announcement tomorrow

Scotland's lockdown restrictions will be reviewed tomorrow, Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed.

The First Minister will meet with her Cabinet in the morning to discuss the latest advice and infection rates ahead of an announcement in the Scottish Parliament.

Speaking at her lunchtime briefing this afternoon, she said: "At tomorrow's Cabinet meeting we will look at all the latest data and come to a view on where we are and whether we need to extend lockdown restrictions to help us further suppress the virus."

A decision will also be made on whether or not to extend home-schooling arrangements for thousands of Scottish children beyond the end of the month.

All of mainland Scotland is currently under enhanced level four lockdown, with classrooms closed to all but the most vulnerable children and those of key workers.

Ms Sturgeon also confirmed a further 1,429 new positive coronavirus tests in the past 24 hours, representing 12.3 per cent of those carried out. Of the new cases, 451 are in Greater Glasgow and Clyde and 244 in Lanarkshire.

No further deaths were reported, although that's not unexpected following a weekend when registry offices are generally closed.

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