Covid in Scotland has risen above 5,000. The First Minister made the grim announcement following the publication of the weekly report on coronavirus by the National Records of Scotland, which tallies all deaths where Covid-19 was mentioned on a death certificate.The SNP leader said there would come a time when a national commemoration to those who died during the pandemic would need to be considered.
It comes as more than two million Scots face life under the strictest lockdown level from Friday. Speaking at her daily media briefing, the SNP leader said: "National Records of Scotland has also just published its weekly update, which, as you know, in addition to cases where Covid was confirmed through a test, records cases where it is a.