New measures coming into place today will scrap the requirement for Scots to wear a face covering at certain events.
Those attending places of worship, weddings, civil partnership registrations, funerals or commemorative events will no longer need to wear a face covering.
Although there is still a legal requirement to wear face masks on public transport, the new measures are part of a "phased" relaxation of the remaining Covid rules.
The wider legal requirement for wearing face masks - which applies to shops, public transport and some other indoor settings - will be converted to guidance on April 18.
Nicola Sturgeon stressed the Government will "continue to encourage the wearing of face coverings in certain indoor places, especially where significant numbers of people are present".
Before the weekend, coronavirus hospital cases in Scotland were still at more than 2,000.
On Thursday, there were 2,383 people in hospital with recently confirmed Covid-19, a record high.
That same day, 41 coronavirus-linked deaths and 6,935 new cases of Covid-19 were recorded.
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