The Scottish Government has confirmed that 32 people have died from coronavirus in the last 24 hours.
The latest figures for Scotland showed that 2,762 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 8,907.
There are currently 851 people in hospital confirmed to have the virus with 45 being treated in intensive care.
The total number of positive cases since the pandemic started stands at 602,524.
278,937 people have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccination and 3,873,790 have received their second.
It comes after it was reported lateral flow tests are more accurate in tracing Covid than first thought, according to a new study.
The rapid tests, which provide users with a result in 30 minutes, have been previously criticised for being ‘inaccurate’.
Comparisons are often made with PCR tests, which takes a much longer time for a result as they are sent off to a lab for a closer investigation.
Lateral flow tests have become a key component in the fight against Covid - with Scots urged to test at home on two occasions every week.
