The First Minister will deliver a covid update for Scotland today (Friday), the Scottish Government has confirmed.
The briefing will be held at 12.15, with Nicola Sturgeon joined by National Clinical Director Jason Leitch.
The FM tweeted this morning: “There will be a covid briefing at 12.15pm today, giving an update on today’s figured and overall trends, and a reminder of the key steps we all need to take - to get vaccinated, test regularly and follow the public health precautions.
"Tune in if you can.”
It's the second announcement of this week, following a covid statement to the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday, confirming that Glasgow would stay in Level 2 restrictions for longer than planned.
What time will the announcement be made at?
Nicola Sturgeon is expected to deliver the briefing live from St Andrews House in Edinburgh at 12.15pm today.
Where can I watch it?
The briefing will be broadcast live on the BBC One Scotland channel as well as the Scottish Government Twitter page.
You can also follow the FM's announcement as it happens on our live blog.
What is she expected to say?
The daily covid stats are rising, with 1,317 new cases reported yesterday - and with much of Scotland looking to celebrate the Euros match tonight, the FM may warn us all to take care when out and about.
Scotland recorded four coronavirus patient deaths and 1,317 new cases yesterday, bringing the death toll to 7,688.
The daily test positivity rate was 4.6%, up from 3.4% the previous day and there were 140 people in hospital on Wednesday with recently confirmed Covid-19, up from 133 on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, a total of 12 people were in intensive care, down from 15 the previous day.
So far 3,571,726 people have received the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccination and 2,516,066 have received their second dose.
