A decision on Scotland's local authority lockdown levels is likely to be made on Friday (May 28) with the First Minister to hold a government briefing.
Nicola Sturgeon is likely to place much of the focus on Glasgow – the only area currently under level three restrictions. The Daily Record reports the city is unlikely to move down to level two at this stage with case rates still high.
There's no suggestion any changes will be made to the levels other local authority areas find themselves in at present.
At First Minister's Questions on Thursday afternoon she urged caution, saying: "This country like much of the world now is in the grip of a global pandemic and it has taken too many lives already.
"It has the capacity and potential, if we don't take the decisions, to take more lives in future.
"This is very difficult for everybody, businesses and individuals. My responsibility is to try to take those decisions in the best way possible to get the country through this and as safely as possible.
"That's the responsibility I will continue to take with the upmost seriousness."
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While the situation remains very serious across the country, the First Minister did say there was reason to be optimistic, with hospital and intensive care admissions falling.
She added: "We see a reduction in hospital cases today, and a small reduction in ICU cases, so there are reasons to be optimistic there, but we've got to continue - in the interest of business and in the interest of everybody - to take careful and cautious decisions to get the whole country back to normality."
When challenged by Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross that Glasgow has now been under lockdown restrictions for 269 days, the First Minister replied: "I know how long the city of Glasgow has been under restrictions because unlike him I am a resident of the city of Glasgow so these restrictions apply to me just as they apply to others.
"I know how difficult it is for residents and businesses across Glasgow but I also know how dangerous it would be if we eased restrictions too quickly and allowed a new variant of this virus, that we know is spreading perhaps even more quickly than the variant at the start of the year, to take a grip again.
"That's why there are the public health interventions under way across Glasgow right now... I said earlier in the week we see cautious signs for optimism that that is working, and we will continue to monitor that very carefully."
Scottish Government figures on Thursday revealed there were 464 new Covid-19 cases across the country, with test positivity 1.8 per cent. No new deaths were reported.
83 people were in hospital with the virus, with four people in ICU.
A total of 3,174,807 people have received their first dose of vaccine, with 1,942,285 people having had both doses.
