The Scottish Government has confirmed two further coronavirus deaths in Tayside in the last 24 hours.
Data from Public Health Scotland also shows that 279 new cases were recorded overnight in the region.
The area's death toll - composed of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days - now sits at 765.
In total, Tayside has recorded 55,047 cases of Covid-19 since the pandemic began.
The new total includes no cases of the new Omicron variant, remaining at 14.
The latest local vaccination data shows that 90.5% of the over-12 population have received at least one coronavirus vaccination, and 82.8% have received at least two.
Around 53.5% have also received a third vaccination.
Across the country, 5,951 new positive cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in the last day - a total of 783,828 since the pandemic began.
Of the new cases, 102 are the infectious Omicron variant - a total of 663 to date.
Sadly a further 18 Covid-confirmed deaths have also been recorded, putting the country's overall death toll from the virus at 9,764.
A further six people have been admitted to intensive care.
Meanwhile, 4,359,804 over-12s - 91.1% of the adult population - have received at least one Covid jab while 3,983,900 (83.3%) have received two.
A total of 2,313,696 people (48.4%) have also received follow-up booster shots.
The latest figures come just hours after the First Minister asked Scots to avoid socialising as much as possible in the run-up to Christmas.
In a press conference at lunchtime Nicola Sturgeon said the Omicron variant was on track to become the dominant form of Covid-19 in Scotland by tomorrow - and could cripple the NHS and other public services.
She told Scots: "A surge in infections will cause - is already causing - staff absences that will also cripple the economy and critical services.
"Right now, the risk of getting Covid from interactions with others is high and rising.
"So ask yourself before doing anything you might have planned over the coming days - is it as safe as it needs to be, and is it vital enough to justify that risk?
"I suspect what is most important to most of us over the next couple of weeks is having time with our families at Christmas.
"Every interaction we have before then increases the risk of us getting Covid and losing that."
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