GLASGOW has seen more than 100 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, Nicola Sturgeon confirmed today. 

Scotland has recorded three deaths from coronavirus and 369 positive cases in the past 24 hours, the First Minister has announced.

The death toll under this measure - of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days - is now 3,275.

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Speaking at the Scottish government's coronavirus briefing, Ms Sturgeon said the daily test positivity rate is 6.1%, up from 5.2% on Sunday.

Ms Sturgeon said there had been a "technical issue" with the reporting systems overnight meaning the figures reported may be "slightly lower" than expected.

A total of 95,058 people have tested positive in Scotland, up from 94,689 the previous day.

Of the new cases, 133 are in Greater Glasgow and Clyde, 49 in Lanarkshire, and 48 in Lothian.

There are 1,041 people in hospital confirmed to have the virus, a fall of eight in 24 hours.

Of these patients, 75 are in intensive care, down by one.

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Nicola Sturgeon has said community coronavirus testing trials will help with plans to carry out asymptomatic tests "much more routinely" in the new year.

The First Minister said asymptomatic testing was being offered in small communities where the levels of Covid-19 "continue to be of concern and are higher than the national average".

The scheme is being piloted in a number of locations in central and west Scotland.

"The lessons that we learn from these trials will then inform our plans to expand community testing much more extensively and much more routinely early in the new year," Ms Sturgeon said.

Speaking at the Scottish government's coronavirus briefing, she added: "We do hope that identifying more people who are positive will help us ensure that they are not spreading the virus and that's why we are currently focusing these trials - these pilot programmes - on areas with high prevalence.

"So if you live in one of these areas, I would encourage you to come forward for testing.

"You give yourself the chance of finding out if you have the virus if you don't yet have symptoms but you're also helping that collective effort to try to break the chains of transmission."

The eligibility for the government's coronavirus self-isolation support grant are being expanded, Nicola Sturgeon has said.

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The First Minister said criteria for the £500 payment will soon include parents on low incomes whose children have been asked to self-isolate and people who would be eligible for Universal Credit, even if they do not claim it.

Under the current rules, employed people on benefits who have been asked to self-isolate can claim the money if they lose income as a result.

But Ms Sturgeon explained that from Monday, December 7 eligible parents unable to work because a child has to isolate would also qualify for the payment.

The expanded criteria will also include those who local authorities believe would qualify for Universal Credit if they applied.