A FURTHER 775 people have tested positive for coronavirus, the First Minister announced this afternoon.
Nicola Sturgeon said this accounted for 12.6% of people newly tested yesterday, and takes the total number of cases since the start of the pandemic to 30,687.
The First Minister also said there had been four new deaths of people who tested positive for coronavirus over the last 28 days.
Of the new cases 324 were identified in Greater Glasgow and Clyde, 164 were in Lothian, and 102 were in Lanarkshire.
The First Minister told viewers that there will be a meeting of the National Incident Management Team later today who will be looking at the current situation in Glasgow and Lanarkshire.
The remaining 185 cases were spread across nine other health board areas.
The Scottish Government data showed there were 175 people in hospital with the virus, an increase of 21 on yesterday.
There were also 19 people in intensive care, an increase of two on yesterday.
The First Minister also updated Scots on the quarantine list. Turkey, Poland and three Caribbean islands - Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba – have been added to the list, so anyone entering Scotland from these countries must quarantine for 14 days upon arrival.
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