Contact tracing technology will be trialled by three health boards from Monday, Health Secretary Jeane Freeman confirmed. 

She said the 'test, trace, isolate and support' (TTIS) approach will be "crucial" as the fight against Covid-19 continues. 

Three health boards will test new technology for contact tracing which is "designed to support staff to collect and record information and to trace more contacts more quickly."

NHS Fife, NHS Lanarkshire and NHS Highland will test the software which will introduced to all health boards by the end of May.  

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The announcement comes as the number of coronavirus cases in Scotland has increased by 90 in the past 24 hours. There have now been 14,537 recorded cases of Covid-19. 

An additional nine deaths were recorded as the death toll hit 2,103. 

The Greater Glasgow and Clyde area has seen 24 new cases since Saturday, reaching a total of 3,731. 

The Scottish Government said this builds on existing contact tracing technology in place across the NHS and will allow health boards to trace more contacts faster.

Ms Freeman confirmed 600 additional staff are ready to start contact tracing. 

She said: “Technology will be an important tool to help us move towards the test, trace, isolate and support approach and safely exit lockdown.

“The software we are developing in Scotland is built on a tried and trusted platform and will allow us to carry out contact tracing on a much larger scale than has been necessary until now.

“It will also focus on supporting public health teams to identify outbreaks and reduce transmission in high-risk groups and settings by making it easier for staff to collect and record information.