Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterThere have been a further 1,314 cases of the coronavirus diagnosed in Scotland within the past 24 hours.Meanwhile, Scotland's death toll from the virus has tragically increased by 43 and now stands at 4,416.
Five of the people who died in the last 24 hours were from the NHS Ayrshire & Arran region.However, data from the National Records of Scotland (NRS) shows 6,298 deaths had been registered up to Sunday, December 20 where the disease was mentioned on the death certificate.The number of positive coronavirus cases recorded by NHS Ayrshire & Arran has increased by 100 to 8,609.In terms of the rolling seven-day new cases rate per 100,000.