Nicola Sturgeon said the latest figures show community transmission of coronavirus looks like it is reducing.

She said there were encouraging signals that hospital numbers and ICU numbers were also falling.

There were 752 new positive tested cases of coronavirus in Scotland. Of the total 224 were in Greater Glasgow and Clyde and 138 in Lanarkshire.

Another 6 people were in hospital leading to 2016 patients and there were 151 in intensive care units a decrease of six. Another 4 deaths were registered of a person who tested positive in the last 28 days.

The First Minister said the total new cases was below one thousand a day for the first time in a long time. Ms Sturgeon said: “We think community transmission is starting to reduce but we need to get it lower than that.”

Ms Sturgeon said the vaccination programme was on track with 415,402 now vaccinated.

The First Minister said that 95% of elderly care home residents have been vaccinated with the first does and 95% of health and care staff have had the first jag. She said 46% of over 80s have been given the first dose and the government was on track to meet the target of all over 80s by the first week in February.

However, she said that people still need to stick to the restrictions after their jag as it doesn’t give immediate protection and takes two weeks before it starts to prevent people getting ill.

She said it also is not yet know if the vaccine stops someone passing Covid on to another.