There were plans for all of Scotland to move to Level 1 on June 7, but an outbreak of cases in Glasgow, as well as rising rates in other areas, mean that this is not likely to happen. 

The First Minister will announce an update to MSPs in the Scottish Parliament this afternoon with a live broadcast available to watch on BBC One Scotland from 2.15pm.

Proceedings at Holyrood are expected to start at 2pm today and you can watch the full update on the Scottish Parliament's website HERE.

We’re currently in a transition to, we hope, a less restrictive way of tackling Covid. But we still have to be careful not to let the virus run ahead of vaccines. I’ll set out what this means (inc for Glasgow) at 2.15pm. To hear the reasoning as well as decisions, please tune in. https://t.co/Wt5Ubl1iS1

— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) June 1, 2021

After the announcement, Health Secretary Humza Yousaf will open a parliamentary debate on Scotland’s recovery from the pandemic.

Move to Level 1

If a move to Level 1 is to go ahead then it will likely not be for the whole of Scotland with Glasgow only expected to move to Level 2 at the most having spent an extra two weeks in Level 3 due to an uptick in cases.

Level 1 allows up to eight people from three households to meet indoors in pubs, cafes and bars, while up to 12 people from 12 different households could socialise together outside in gardens or outdoor public places.

Many island communities, including Orkney, Shetland, Na h-Eileanan Siar and the Argyll and Bute Islands, are already at Level 1.

Glasgow is still at Level 3 and not expected to go to Level 1 in the next week but could move to Level 2 from the weekend.

Some areas across the country have seen a spike in cases over the past week, which could mean their move to Level 1 might be delayed.

How are cases across Scotland?

New analysis from the PA news agency has shown a rise in cases of Covid-19 on last week's figures.

Cases per 100,000 people have risen to 57.8 from 42.5 one week ago.

Some 20 of Scotland's 32 local authority areas are currently reporting a week-on-week rise in rates, with the biggest jumps in Renfrewshire (up from 57.0 to 145.2), Dundee (from 25.4 to 96.4) and South Ayrshire (11.5 to 58.6).

Renfrewshire is also recording the highest rate in Scotland and the sixth highest rate in the UK.

A majority of areas where rates are rising have recorded only slight increases, however.

How does this affect Glasgow's fan zone for Euro 2020?

Evidence of transmission of coronavirus in outdoor settings such as the fan zone being introduced for people to view Euro 2020 games is “relatively modest”, according to a leading scientist.

Up to 6000 fans in Glasgow Green will be able to watch Scotland's men's football team play in their first major tournament since the World Cup in France in 1998.

Professor James Chalmers, an epidemiologist from Dundee University, told BBC Radio Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland programme the risk was relatively low if the event went ahead.

“Although there have been successful trials of outdoor and even some indoor events with testing, outdoor transmission is believed to be much less of a risk than indoor transmission,” he said.

“While as a health professional I want as few people to be infected as possible so I would always say take the most cautious path, the evidence that there’s large-scale transmission in outdoor situations like an outdoor fan zone is relatively modest.

“So I think we have to balance public health with the evidence and that’s a decision that, thankfully, I don’t have to make regarding whether to go ahead with these big outdoor events.”

Glasgow could move to Level 2 from Saturday if the data suggests there has been a significant enough drop in case numbers.