A further 55 people have been diagnosed with Covid-19 across the north and north-east in the past 24 hours.
The latest figures from the Scottish Government show the total number of confirmed cases in the Grampian area is up by 52 – from 550 to 602.
In the Highlands, there have been three more cases confirmed since Wednesday with the total now sitting at 214.
The islands have had no new cases in the past 24 hour – the totals for Orkney and Western Isles is six and 54 on Shetland.
In the north-east, 102 people are in hospital with confirmed or suspected coronavirus and 12 in intensive care, and 56 people in the Highlands.
You can figures for all Scottish health boards here
Today First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was speaking at her daily coronavirus briefing as the Scottish Government published a report pledging an easing of the lockdown measures will be “conducted in a phased and careful manner”.
She stressed people will need to “find a way to live with this virus”.
Ms Sturgeon said the number of people in Scotland who have died after testing positive for the virus is 1,120, up by 58 from 1,062 on Wednesday.
A total of 9,409 people have now tested positive, up by 371 from 9,038 the day before.
The number of people in intensive care and hospital in Scotland has fallen in the past 24 hours, by seven to 148 and by 28 to 1,776 respectively, which Ms Sturgeon said is a cause for “real optimism”.
She said the key objective of the new paper is continuing to suppress the virus and the Scottish Government is “increasingly confident” measures put in place are helping to do this.