The Scottish Government has confirmed that 25 people have died from coronavirus in the last 24 hours,
The latest figures for Scotland showed that 2,389 new cases had 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 9,267.
There are currently 841 people in hospital confirmed to have the virus with 59 being treated in intensive care.
The total number of positive cases since the pandemic started stands at656,497.
To date 4,319,877 people have received their first vaccination with 3,912,518 having a second jab.
The figures come as the Daily Record revealed coronavirus has killed three of Scotland’s most notorious violent prisoners in a matter of months.
Covid-19 was named on the death certificates of two brutal killers and a violent armed robber as a string of outbreaks continue to plague the country’s jails.
Prison records show the virus was a factor in the deaths of callous murderers John ‘Jock’ Reid and Asif Rehman.
Torture killer John Reid also died while serving a life sentence at HMP Glenochil in July this year. His death certificate said he died of “Covid-19 disease and viral pneomontis” - known as pneumonia.
