More than 2000 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Scotland in the last 24 hours.

There were 2160 new positive tested cases recorded in the last 24 hours, 453 more than the figure reported the day before.

Of the total, 636 were in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board area. It is an increase of more than 100 on the 526 reported on Thursday.

The number of people in hospital increased by 31 to 1860 and there were 131 people  in intensive care, a decrease of 1.

Jeane Freeman, the Health Secretary, announced there were 61 deaths registered of a person who tested positive for Covid-19 in the previous 28 days.

The Health Secretary said there had now been 224,840 people vaccinated with a first dose.

It is an increase of 16,633 on the previous day’s total.