Thousands of people have been given the second dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, Nicola Sturgeon said.

The First Minister said the total number of vaccinations given has now reached 1,354,966.

She said there were another 34,892 vacccinations carried out on Wednesday.

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In addition, 3760 people got a second dose yesterday.

The First Minister said all over 70s have now been offered the vaccination and she said the take up rates have been "extraordinarily high".

She said 69% of 65 to 69 year-olds have been offered first doses and that it was on track to complete that group by early March.

There were 685 new positve cases recorded in the last 24 hours, which was 3.8% of all tests carried out.

The First Minister said while it was only one day's figure it was "further reason to be hopeful".

Of the new cases, 158 were in Greater Glasgow and Clyde, 120 in Lothian and 100 in Lanarkshire.

The total number of positive cases in Scotland since the pandemic started now stands at 194,954.

There were 1261 people were in hospital, down by 56 and 95 patients were in intensive care down by 4.

She said the number of people in hospital was now below the peak of last Spring.

There were however, another 57 deaths registered of someone who tested positive in the last 28 days.