Covid-19 were found across the UK in 24 hours. It is the highest daily figure seen since May 17, the Department of Health in England has announced.
A total of 175 positive results were discovered in Scotland over the past 24 hours, resulting in local lockdown restrictions being extended to Lanarkshire.Scots living in the region are no longer allowed to mix indoors with people from other households from midnight tonight.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said that while it is ‘“regrettable”, the new restrictions are needed to get “more control over the virus”.