THE number of people in Scotland who have died after being diagnosed with Covid-19 is 76, a rise of 16 on Tuesday, Nicola Sturgeon has announced.

Speaking in the Scottish Parliament, she said 2300 people had tested positive for the virus, up 317 on the previous day.

The First Minister also said that the field hospital at the SEC in Glasgow is expected to be ready within a fortnight, but added she hopes it never has to be used.

Sturgeon said the number of people in intensive care stood at 147 today, an increase of almost 100 since the same time last week.

The increase in intensive care will be felt in the coming weeks, according to the First Minister.

The number of intensive care beds has been doubled and the Scottish Government aims to ensure it will be quadrupled, Sturgeon said, with operating theatres in NHS hospitals being re-purposed.

More to follow.