A FURTHER 800 coronavirus cases have been recorded over the last 24 hours, the First Minister has said.

Speaking at the Scottish Government’s daily Covid-19 briefing, Nicola Sturgeon said that accounted for 13.2% of people newly tested.

The First Minister also announced that there have been two deaths of people who tested positive for coronavirus in the past 28 days, taking the total under that measurement to 2532.

Of the new cases 303 were in Greater Glasgow and Clyde, 167 were in Lanarkshire and 164 were in Lothian.

The remaining 196 cases were spread across nine other health board areas.

The Scottish Government data showed that 262 people were in hospital, an increase of 44 from the previous day. There were three more people in intensive care, taking the total to 25.

The briefing comes a day before the First Minister will announce new restrictions aimed at reducing the spread of the virus.

Sturgeon told viewers: "I will then make a statement to Parliament tomorrow where I'll give a more detailed update of the current situation and set out any decisions about further measures we've reached and the reasons for them."