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coronavirus cases recorded in Scotland in the past 24 hours. The Scottish Government announced one new hospital deaths from positive cases meaning the death toll stands remains at 2,512.

Covid-19 cases, forcing hundreds into self-isolation and leading to the Scottish Government and Universities Scotland to ask that they do not socialise in hospitality venues this weekend. At Glasgow University, 124 cases of the virus were reported on Thursday, with the number expected to rise.

positive case with the total number of deaths remaining at 2,511. It comes yesterday after 558 new cases of Covid-19 were recorded across the country.

link.Mr Sneddon added that the councillor will be interviewed by NHS Scotland's Test and Protect service and any close contacts will be identified and asked to self-isolate for 14 days.A close contact is someone who has been within 2m of a person for at least 15 minutes.Council leader John Ross added: "I would also like to extend my best wishes to the individual."Most councillors did not physically attend the hybrid executive committee or full council meetings yesterday and instead joined

parents are backing a national 'pumpkin trail' idea after Nicola Sturgeon admitted Halloween may be cancelled due to Covid-19. The First Minister told Holyrood that children may be banned from guising this year in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus.

Nicola Sturgeon to discuss ways of curbing the alarming rise in Covid-19 cases. The UK Prime Minister had reaffirmed his commitment to taking a ‘united approach, as much as possible’ in tackling the killer virus.

Covid-19. NHS Lanarkshire confirmed that a case has been detected at Our Lady's High School in Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire.

Covid-19 alert level across the UK is to be raised to Level 4 for the first time since June after the number of positive cases soared in recent weeks.In a joint statement, the chief medical officers from Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales agreed that the risk of transmission is now “high or rising exponentially”.Their decision follows a grave warning from leading scientists that the UK could soon see 50,000 news infections a day if no action is taken and signals that tough new

“The CMOs for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have reviewed the evidence and recommend all four nations of the UK should move to Level 4.

Nicola Sturgeon has been given assurances by the UK Government that access to testing will not be restricted in Scotland while a backlog of cases is dealt with south of the Border. The SNP leader said today she had held constructive talks with Matt Hancock, the UK health secretary, on the subject as public demand for Covid tests continues to grow.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A second coronavirus death has been confirmed in Lanarkshire in the last two days.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon today announced that a person had died from Covid-19 for the second consecutive day in Scotland, both of which were in Lanarkshire.The news comes just days after additional coronavirus restrictions were brought in for people living in Lanarkshire following an increase in cases.Prior to this week,

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterNo Covid-19 deaths have been recorded in Ayrshire for the seventh week in a row.At the peak of the virus, in April, 51 deaths were registered in the region in a single week.But thankfully not a single a Covid death has now been recorded in Ayrshire since July 20 - and there's been just two registered deaths since June 22, 11 weeks ago.

coronavirus across Scotland in the last week. As of September 13, there have been a total of 4,236 deaths registered where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.  The weekly figures, released by the National Records for Scotland (NRS), account for all deaths where coronavirus was mentioned on the death certificate and are separate to the hospital deaths announced daily by the Scottish Government every day.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A total of 126 deaths in West Dunbartonshire are now linked to Covid-19, new figures published today by National Records for Scotland show.The deaths, registered in the week beginning August 17 and week beginning September 7 came after the area had gone for six consecutive weeks without registering a death linked to the virus.In Argyll and Bute meanwhile the figure remains at 64, with the area not having

Royal Mail delivery office in Fife after a member of staff tested positive for Covid-19. The female employee caught the virus after coming into close contact with an individual who was later confirmed as having the bug.

Neil Lennon for Celtic to be allowed to open up their stadium to a limited number of supporters. The Hoops boss feels that they could be at least a third full at Celtic Park after watching Kansas City Chiefs kickstart their NFL season with similar crowd numbers.

Line Of Duty star Martin Compston has sent a tongue-in-cheek message of support to the Soccer Aid England team – in character as DS Arnott.

Perth and Kinross pupils outlining the difference between COVID-19 symptoms, and symptoms of the common cold.