A total of 837 people have now died from coronavirus in Scotland - an increase of 58 deaths overnight. The number of positive confirmed cases of Covid-19 has risen to 7409 up 307 from Thursday.
There are 189 Scots currently in intensive care units across the country receiving treatment, it has been confirmed. Of the confirmed positive cases 1799 people are in hospital.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced the new figures at a press conference at St Andrew's House earlier today. The announcement comes after it was revealed there would be a further three-week extension to the lockdown currently in place across the United Kingdom.Nicola Sturgeon said she would deviate from the UK Government's lockdown measures if her advisers