Test tubes with samples of blood being tested for Covid-19.
There were no new cases of coronavirus in the Highlands and islands over the past 24 hours, fresh statistics have shown.
The total number of coronavirus cases in Scotland has reached 14,594 as a further 11 were confirmed in Grampian.
Those new cases take the north-east’s total to 1200, but the totals in the Highlands, Shetland, Orkney and the Western Isles remain on 331, 54, seven and six respectively.
There are seven people in intensive care with confirmed or suspected Covid-19 in Grampian, and fewer than five each in the Highlands, Shetland, Orkney and the Western Isles.
A total of 2,105 people who tested positive for coronavirus in Scotland have now died.
As of 2pm today 88,940 people in Scotland have been tested for #coronavirus
74,346 confirmed negative 14,594 positive
2,105 patients who tested positive have sadly died.
