THE number of people with coronavirus in Greater Glasgow has soared to 1575.

That is an increase of 89 from yesterday's figure of 1486.

There are now 594 people in hospital with suspected or confirmed cases in hospital, 73 of which are in intensive care.

Meanwhile there are now 822 people confirmed to have coronavirus in Lanarkshire, with 27 of those in intensive care.

And there are 989 confirmed cases in Lothian.

Earlier, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed that across Scotland, an additional 40 people have died after testing positive for COVID-19.

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That brings the country's death toll up to 615 patients.

Ms Sturgeon said 6358 people have now tested positive for the virus in Scotland, up by 291 from 6067 the day before.

There are 196 people in intensive care with coronavirus or coronavirus symptoms, a decrease of 15 on Monday, she added.

And 1,798 people are in hospital with confirmed or suspected COVID-19.

The First Minister also said that reports of personal protective equipment distribution being concentrated in England were of concern to the Scottish Government.

She added that her government would investigate the reports, which clinical director Professor Jason Leitch said was “rubbish” on Good Morning Scotland on Tuesday.

The First Minister said: “I want to be clear about my view, and I hope that no one thinks this is in any way a point of a political nature, it is a point about fairness and co-operation as all of us deal with the challenge of this virus.

“All parts of the UK are facing supply challenges on PPE, indeed this is a global issue, so any situation where supplies were being diverted from one part of the UK to the other without consultation or any sense of co-operation would clearly be unconscionable and unacceptable.”

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