A TOTAL of 447 patients have died in Scotland after testing positive for coronavirus, the First Minister has confirmed.

The new figures is up by 81 from the 366 reported yesterday.

Speaking ahead of a virtual question and answer session with party leaders, Nicola Sturgeon said 4957 people have now tested positive for the virus in Scotland, up by 392 from 4565 the day before.

There are 212 people in intensive care with coronavirus or coronavirus symptoms, an increase of 2.

Sturgeon added that 1781 are in hospital with confirmed or suspected Covid-19.

As always, the First Minister warned the figures will be an underestimate.

She also reminded Scots that weekly figures published by the National Records of Scotland will also take into consideration people that died and were presumed to have had coronavirus.

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It has been 100 days since the first confirmed case of coronavirus in Wuhan in China, Sturgeon said, adding that the lives of the people of Scotland since then have been "transformed in ways that would have been unimaginable just a few weeks ago".

She added: "This virtual session of FMQs might, in the scheme of things, seem like a relatively minor example of that, but it is a striking example of that."

The First Minister expressed her gratitude to parliament staff and the Presiding Officer for making the virtual session possible.

Addressing the Easter weekend, the FM urged Scots to continue to follow lockdown protocols.

She said: "I know how hard it is for people to do that, it will seem even harder over this Easter holiday weekend, especially for families with children and indeed for the children themselves and for older people who would normally be spending time with their grandchildren."

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