coronavirus deaths registered in Scotland for a seventeenth day, as 31 new positive cases are announced today. The total number of positive cases is now 18,676, according to the latest Scottish Government released figures.
The number of patients getting treatment for confirmed or suspected cases of the virus in hospital is 265 - with three currently in intensive care.
The figures come after a cluster of 13 cases of Covid-19 was linked to a pub in Aberdeen. Public health officials are investigating the new cases, which are associated with The Hawthorn Bar in the city centre.