Today's Public Health Scotland update as country records weekend spike in Covid hospital patients

SNP Health Secretary said the government was starting to see a "positive trend" beginning to emerge in the data despite cases of covid still being high. Cases peaked at 4,234 on July 1 following a sharp rise over the previous month due to the spread of the Delta variant which originated in India.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will set out the next step of changes to coronavirus restrictions in the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday.

Scottish Government is exploring ways to allow more than 5,000 students from the high covid risk countries to come to Scotland to study when term restarts later this summer. Existing hotels, based around the country, do not have the sufficient capacity to cope with the number of people wanting to come to study.

coronavirus across the country. Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and Dr Gray's Hospital in Elgin have been at 'Black' status for a number of days which means they are at capacity.

NHS Lanarkshir e Heather Knox described a dire situation with people visiting accident and emergency units on the rise leaving staff unable to cope. As a result of the increased pressures on services the health board may need to "pull back on some of our elective care services".A gold command meeting is expected to take place today where solutions will be identified in order to keep the situation under control as much as possible.

Get the latest Scottish parenting news sent straight to your inbox each week with our newsletter.An investigation is to be launched after cleaners were permitted to work in Renfrewshire schools without criminal background checks.Renfrewshire councillors voted for the public inquiry after the Paisley Daily Express revealed last month that head teachers had escorted agency staff from their premises after learning they had not been properly vetted to work in schools.The security failure was brought

Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Emergency services were called to the scene after receiving reports of a one vehicle collision on Castle Street.

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Covid-19 continue to rise with the latest figures showing an increase to 10,185 detected cases. It comes as UK cases of the variant have risen almost four-fold in less than a month.Public Health England figures show a total of 161,981 confirmed and probable cases of Delta variant have now been identified in the UK - up by 50,824, or 46%, on the previous week.

coronavirus deaths have been reported in Scotland with 4,234 new positive cases overnight - the highest daily increase in months. The Scottish Government announced the latest figures this afternoon as the virus continues to spread across the country.

The FOI also revealed that 76 pupils were infected in total during the timeframe but there were no large outbreaks involving more than 10 children.The schools were: Armadale Academy, Balbardie Primary School, Bathgate Academy, Boghall Primary School, Broxburn Academy, Deans Community High School, East Calder Primary School, Falla Hill Primary School, James Young High School, Linlithgow Academy, Linlithgow Bridge Primary School, Ogilvie School Campus, Parkhead Primary School, St Columba’s Primary

Marmion Bar in 2006 but has racked up several more years on top of his sentence for mobile phone offences. Bain also attempted to murder the victim’s brother-in-law James Hendry.

Get the latest Scottish parenting news sent straight to your inbox each week with our newsletter.School cooks, cleaners and janitors will be staging a protest today over a “botched” remodelling of essential services in schools.The socially-distanced demonstration, which will be held outside Paisley Town Hall today, is calling on Renfrewshire Council to reverse changes made to these roles.The local authority confirmed earlier this year that cleaners, cooks and janitors would be stripped of their

mum who survived losing five litres of blood, a haemorrhage and emergency hysterectomy, is backing a campaign to urge Scots to give blood and 'save lives'. Annie Kenyon from Aberdeenshire would love Scots to back the Pledge a Pint campaign off the back of World Blood Donor Day on June 14.

Scottish Government for urgent help for people suffering from Long Covid. Billy Thomson, from Cambuslang, said he was lucky to be alive coming out of an induced coma after catching the virus in March last year.

Police in the Scottish Borders are investigating the loss of over £220,000 to scammers as they urge members of the public to be vigilant.