Coronavirus Scotland: 56 added to grim death toll as number of cases increases

open locally.  Number of positive coronavirus cases between November 21 to 27:Ardrossan North West - 6 Beith East & Rural - 14Dreghorn - 13Irvine Bourtreehill - 7Irvine Castlepark North - 8Irvine Central - 1-4Irvine Girdle Toll and Stanecastle - 7Irvine Perceton and Lawthorn - 10Irvine Tarryholme - 8Kilwinning West and Blacklands - 7Kilwinning Whitehirst Park and Woodside - 8Saltcoats Central - 1-4Saltcoats North East - 11Saltcoats North West - 7Stevenston Hayocks - 5Stevenston North West -

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Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed In the last 24 hours there have been 969 fresh infections, bring to the total number of cases since the pandemic began in March to 93,155. The new deaths bring the total loss of life to 3,676.There are 1,099 people currently in hospital and 80 being treated in intensive care for Covid-19.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterA further 51 people in Scotland have died due to coronavirus within the last 24 hours - with the number of new positive tests smashing the 1,000 barrier.The grim news was revealed today as the Scottish Government published the details for special relaxed rules over the festive break between December 23 and 27.Christmas "bubbles" of three households should contain no more than eight people over the

coronavirus by posting online videos for the over-60s.Dot Bremner hosts a daily Dancercise with Dot session from the garden of her home in Elgin, Moray.She set herself the challenge of dancing every day this month to raise money for charity North East Sensory Services (Ness), which  supports 6,500 people in North-east Scotland who have vision or hearing loss.Dot, who is partially sighted and almost completely deaf without a hearing aid, toured the region before the virus outbreak to run dance

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterA further 41 people have died from coronavirus in Scotland in the last 24 hours - including four in Ayrshire and Arran.But there has been a sizeable drop in new;y reported cases of the disease - 771 today compared to 949 yesterday.The new Covid-19 figures were released this afternoon by the Scottish Government and Public Health Scotland.They show that three people have died in South Ayrshire and

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterNorth Ayrshire will remain in the third level of Covid-19 restrictions.Meanwhile our neighbours in South and East Ayrshire face three weeks at the fourth tier, starting from 6pm this Friday.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has revealed her ‘tough decision’ to move East and South Ayrshire into a tier four in a bid to save Christmas plans.The increased restrictions are the closest to the national

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterA further 717 new cases of the coronavirus have been diagnosed in Scotland as local authorities wait for the next announcement on which Covid level they will be placed in.Scotland's death toll from the virus is up six to 3,286.

teaching union has called on the Scottish Government to "rethink" its position on schools remaining open full-time throughout lockdown.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterNorth Ayrshire doesn’t have a Covid-testing centre because Crosshouse Hospital near Kilmarnock is seen as appropriate, a meeting heard.But new walk-in testing centres are now being considered.Councillor Jim Montgomerie said lots of residents have asked him why they have to travel elsewhere for tests.The Saltcoats politician asked council leader Joe Cullinane why there are no coronavirus testing

Scroll down for all the latest updates on our live blog.Deaths of coronavirus patients in Scotland have reached a six-month high after 64 were recorded in the past in 24 hours, Nicola Sturgeon has said.The overall death toll – of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days – is now 3,143.Speaking at the Scottish Government’s coronavirus briefing on Wednesday, the First Minister said it is the highest figure since May 6.Despite this, she said stricter coronavirus

The First Minister welcomed the first interim results in large-scale trials in relation to the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine candidate.The positive development emerged as one more coronavirus death occurred in the past 24 hours.Across Scotland, 912 new positive tests have been recorded in the past 24 hours. Of those, 73 are in NHS Ayrshire & Arran taking the region's total to 5,153..The First Minister said on the vaccine candidate: "That is positive news.

Covid-19 recorded overnight. It brings the total number of cases since the pandemic began in March to 64,355 - while the death toll stands at 3,040.The number of patients currently being treated in hospital after testing positive is 1,226, with 105 in intensive care.

NHS Inform  and the  Scottish Government. have the latest COVID-19 guidance online.