THE First Minister has confirmed 47 new Covid-19 cases have been recorded in Scotland over the last 24 hours.

Speaking at the Scottish Government daily briefing, Nicola Sturgeon said that number accounted for 1% of all those tested.

The First Minister said the provisional information available shows 26 of the new cases are the NHS Grampian area, while 10 were in the Greater Glasgow area.

She added that three are in Orkney – she will give a more detailed update on the outbreak there later.

Sturgeon went on to say that there were 258 people in hospital with coronavirus, a decrease of seven since yesterday.

There were three patients in intensive care with coronavirus, the same number as the previous day.

There have been no deaths of patients who have received a positive coronavirus test in the last 28 days.