The total number of coronavirus cases in Scotland has reached 4,229 as a further 12 cases have been confirmed in the north and north-east in the past 24 hours.
The latest Scottish Government figures showed that there had been 74 deaths recorded since the last update, taking the national total to 296.
Part of the rise is due to figures from the weekend only just being confirmed, although First Minister Nicola Sturgeon warned that this would still be an under-estimate.
There are 10 new cases in the Highlands, taking its total to 112, while Grampian’s total has risen by one to 210.
Shetland’s case total has risen one to 42 while Orkney or the Western Isles have had no new cases in the last day.
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Orkney and the Western Isles have four cases each.
The statistics were published after Nicola Sturgeon held her daily briefing on how Scotland is handling the pandemic.
She also said there are 1,751 patients currently in hospital with the virus, 199 of whom are in intensive care.
Ms Sturgeon expressed her “deepest condolences” to all bereaved families and said she was “acutely aware” that every death was “much more than a statistic, it represents an individual human being”.