Nicola Sturgeon is likely to hold a covid briefing on Friday as cases of the omicron variant soar across Scotland.
The First Minister looks set to address Scots on the latest situation regarding the pandemic from St Andrew's House in Edinburgh.
It comes days after she revealed cases of the new strain had increased ten-fold in a statement at the Scottish Parliament.
A spokesperson for the First Minister was asked if a briefing would be held tomorrow.
They told the Daily Record: “That’s not confirmed yet, but I think it’s likely that she’ll be leading a press briefing tomorrow at St Andrew’s House.”
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Scotland has recorded one new case of the omicron coronavirus variant in the past 24 hours, taking the overall number to 109.
However, the Scottish Government warned this was a "relatively lower number of confirmed cases" due to a change in reporting which comes with a two-day lag due to "additional quality control and processing".
Issues have been reported over the daily overall case numbers due to processing issues at labs, resulting in delays between specimens being taken and results received and reported.
The figures published by the government show there were 16 coronavirus deaths and 3,196 cases recorded in the past 24 hours.
The covid death toll in Scotland under the daily measure - of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days - now stands at 9,688.
The daily test positivity rate was 8.0%, down from 8.1% the previous day.
There were 578 people in hospital on Tuesday with recently confirmed Covid-19, down four on the day before, with 39 in intensive care, down three.
A total of 4,358,725 people have received their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccination, 3,967,477 have received their second dose, and 2,000,915 have received a third dose or booster.
