First Minister is expected to announce the latest covid figures and address the state of the pandemic across the country. Over the last couple of weeks cases of the deadly virus have risen in Scotland which is down to the spread of the Delta variant which originated in India.
Chief Medical Officer Gregor Smith will join Sturgeon to help answer questions from journalists following an opening statement.
Yesterday, the Scottish Government announced five covid deaths in the last 24-hour period. In the same time period a total of 3,799 people returned positive tests, which was a rise of more than 1,000 on the previous day.