Scotland has recorded 14 coronavirus-linked deaths and 1,257 new cases in the past 24 hours, according to the latest data.
There has also been one case of the new Omicron variant confirmed in that time, in NHS Grampian, taking the total people infected with the variant to 30.
The First Minister has revealed that cases of the new variant, which was first identified in southern Africa, are no longer linked to private event which was previously the case.
There are now six cases linked to a Steps concert at the Hydro in Glasgow on November 22, a second gig at the venue the following night has had no cases of the deadly virus.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has the most of the new variant cases at 11, followed by NHS Lanarkshire with nine, five in NHS Forth Valley, three in NHS Highland and two in NHS Grampian.
The Scottish Government said Public Health Scotland is "aware of a processing issue with UK Government lab tests contributing to lower than expected cases and tests" in the daily figures and investigations are ongoing to resolve the problem.
The death toll under the daily measure, of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days, is 9,648. The daily test positivity rate was 5.9%, down from 7.6% the previous day.
There were 605 people in hospital with recently confirmed Covid-19 as of Friday night and, of these, 50 were in intensive care.
So far, 4,351,214 people have received their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccination, 3,956,719 have had a second, and 1,823,515 have been given a third dose or booster.
