Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterScotland's Covid death toll has risen by almost 100 in the last 24 hours with 1,865 new cases of the disease also diagnosed.The latest update was published this afternoon by the Scottish Government as part of its national COVID-19 daily briefing.A further 93 patients, eight from the NHS Ayrshire & Arran health board region, have died after contracting the coronavirus which means 4,965 people have tragically passed away since March.However, data from the National Records of Scotland (NRS) shows 6,686 deaths had been registered up to Sunday, January 3 where the disease was mentioned on the death certificate.