Nicola Sturgeon has said her "relief" that no new Covid-19 deaths have been recorded in Scotland for three days running is "enormous".
The First Minister took to Twitter to share the good news over the latest figures but said she still felt an "anxiety" as the country aims to keep the virus under control.
She said: "3 days in a row with no registered COVID deaths in Scotland. The sense of relief that I - & I’m sure all of us - feel as these numbers fall is enormous.
But it’s coupled with an anxiety that we do all we can to keep COVID under control. So please follow the rules and #StaySafe." Figures released by the Scottish Governmen t this afternoon show the death toll remains at 2,482, while eight new cases of the virus have been.