Almost 10,000 people in Scotland have been diagnosed with the coronavirus.
05.04.2020 - 19:43 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Three more residents have died at a crisis-hit Scots care home amid a suspected coronavirus outbreak.
On Sunday, Nicola Sturgeon revealed the death toll at Burlington Court, in Cranhill, Glasgow, had now hit 16 in just a week.
On Friday it was reported that 13 people had died at the home which caters for 90 residents.
Speaking at her daily press briefing on Sunday afternoon, the First Minister said that 16 people had now died at the care home and 12 of those had Covid-19 symptoms.
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