A total of 20 people have died in Scotland from coronavirus in the last 24 hours.
The latest Scottish Government figures show that 2,233 new cases have also been identified overnight, bringing the total number since the start of the pandemic to 666,880.
It brings the death toll since last March – of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days – to 9,313.
There are currently 753 people in hospital confirmed to have the virus with 57 being treated in intensive care.
To date 4,324,440 people have received their first vaccination with 3,918,528 having a second jab.
Meanwhile serial killer Peter Tobin is banned from having visitors while he battles cancer after his prison “beast wing” was hit with a Covid lockdown.
Sources said the murderer, who is defying medics’ expectations on his terminal illness, is confined to his cell at Saughton prison while his wing is closed to visitors.
It comes after prison chiefs confirmed 785 prisoners in the prison estate are self-isolating, with a number of those due to potential contact with a confirmed case.
There are 92 confirmed cases of Covid in nine prisons in Scotland.
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