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Claire McKim

Nicola Sturgeon coronavirus update LIVE: Cases and clusters today

Nicola Sturgeon will make a coronavirus announcement today.

The First Minister will speak at 12.15pm, with health secretary Jeane Freeman and national clinical director Jason Leitch.

Her update comes as another school pupil has tested positive for the Covid-19.

A pupil at Caldervale High School, Airdrie, is self-isolating at home with immediate family, after he was diagnosed.

NHS Lanarkshire has said there is no evidence to suggest transmission in the school, and the wider risk of spreading the virus has been assessed as low.

NHS Lanarkshire's Test and Protect team is in the process of tracing other close contacts.

The team has also identified that the likely source of transmission has been as a result of indoor social gatherings.

All parents of the school's pupils have been notified and the school will be open as normal on Monday.

Dr David Cromie, NHS Lanarkshire consultant in public health, said: "A positive Covid-19 confirmed case has been identified in a pupil at Caldervale High School."

There were 43 new coronavirus cases recorded in Scotland on Sunday.

A total of 19,332 people have now tested positive for the virus since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, with the number of new cases down from the 51 announced on Saturday.

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