Scotland has recorded the highest number of daily cases since pandemic began.

One new death has been announced in Scotland overnight from Covid-19 as 1,054 new positive cases were announced today.

The Scottish Government announced that 319 patients are currently being treated for confirmed coronavirus in hospitals in Scotland.

This is 13.0% of newly tested individuals.

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Tuesday saw 800 new cases, so there was a huge rise of 254 more cases in the last 24 hours.

28 people have been confirmed as being in intensive care - three more than yesterday.

34,760 people have now tested positive in Scotland.

A total of 2,533 people have died from testing positive for coronavirus in Scotland.