A total of 19 people have died in Scotland from coronavirus in the last 24 hours.
The latest Scottish Government figures show that 3,852 new cases have also been identified overnight.
It brings the death toll since last March – of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days – to 9,332.
There are currently 778 people in hospital confirmed to have the virus with 61 being treated in intensive care.
To date 4,325,307 people have received their first vaccination with 3,920,006 having a second jab.
It comes as the Scottish Government yesterday hinted at imposing new Covid measures amid a slight rise in the number of infections.
Deputy First Minister John Swinney told MSPs that the NHS in Scotland is currently “under intense pressure”.
The SNP politician added that the country is at a “precarious and unpredictable” stage of the fight against the virus.
Despite the number of hospital and ICU admissions falling in recent weeks, the need for strengthening Covid rules was not ruled out as we get closer to the deep winter months.
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