Nicola Sturgeon will address MSPs on the state of the coronavirus crisis in Scotland later today. It will be the first time that the First Minister has spoken on the pandemic at Holyrood since a number of remaining Covid restrictions were lifted on August 9.

MSPs will also have a chance to cross-examine the Scottish Government’s current response to the health crisis. The address comes amid a significant surge in infection numbers across the country.

A number of topics are expected to be covered by the SNP leader in her speech to the Scottish Parliament at around 2pm today.

Here is everything that could be covered by Sturgeon ahead of her announcement later today.Case numbers in Scotland have taken a sharp spike since most major Covid.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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