NICOLA Sturgeon has said outbreaks of coronavirus in Glasgow are "a cause for concern".
The First Minister is to chair a meeting later today to discuss what action is needed to stop the spread of Covid-19 in the city.
She said that there had been 154 new positive cases across Scotland in the last 24 hours and 66 were in the Greater Glasgow area.
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Sturgeon said she would be chairing a meeting of the Scottish Government Resilience committee later today and would provide more information after that.
She said the meeting would "consider what action may be necessary to prevent further spread."
Six people are in intensive care with a confirmed case of Covid-19, and 264 people are in hospital.
With another day of no deaths recorded, the number of fatalities remains at 2494, with 20,632 cases in total since the pandemic began.
The 154 new cases equates to 1.2% of newly tested individuals on Tuesday.
But on Monday 160 new cases of Covid-19 were recorded, the highest total since May 16 and an increase on the 123 announced on Sunday.
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