There has been a sharp increase in the number of people who have died from the coronavirus in Scotland.The Scottish Government has produced figures this afternoon as part of its daily update on how the virus is impacting the country.Scotland's COVID-19 death toll has now tragically reached 1,559 which is up 44 on yesterday's figure.Within the NHS Ayrshire & Arran region, there are 793 cases of the disease – an increase of 15 from yesterday.The number of people in hospital with confirmed or suspected coronavirus, within the health board's region, at midnight was 103.Meanwhile, the number of patients in intensive care with suspected or confirmed coronavirus stood at eight at midnight.Across Scotland, a total of 58,833 tests have been carried