The Scottish Government has confirmed three people have died from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.
It brings the death toll since last March - of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days - to 9,836.
The latest daily figures for Scotland showed 15,849 new cases had also been identified overnight.
It brings the total number of positive cases to 886,065.
There are currently 679 people in hospital confirmed to have the virus with 36 being treated in intensive care.
4,380,108 people have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccination, 4,009,886 their second, and 2,901,719 have received a third dose or booster.
It comes as Nicola Sturgeon is being urged to slash Scotland's 10 day self-isolation rule as staff absences soar and businesses grind to a halt.
The First Minister will today update MSPs on the latest coronavirus data at a virtual meeting of the Scottish Parliament where she is expected to again call on the public to limit their social interactions.
But the SNP leader is also likely to face questions on why Scotland is persisting with making people self-isolate for 10 days if they have covid - when it has been reduced to seven days in England.
The United States has halved the self-isolation requirement for citizens who catch Covid - and their close contacts - from 10 days to just five.
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