The first minister confirms there are 1,153 patients in hospital with confirmed or suspected Covid-19, including those in ICU.

Ms Sturgeon says the government is "working at pace" to increase testing capacity, with 3,500 tests a day to be delivered over course of next month.

She says a new testing lab in Glasgow will be operational within the next two weeks.

Antibody testing will be available soon.

The first minister estimates there will be 3,000 beds available to treat Covid-19, plus the new hospital at the SEC which will have an initial capacity of 300 beds.

Ms Sturgeon stresses she hopes the temporary hospital will never need to be used.

The first minister says the latest modelling suggests our intensive care units are now in a much stronger position to cope.

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Ms Sturgeon says the lockdown measures will hopefully have a marked effect on the spread of the virus and we will see a slowdown in the next few weeks.

But it is too early to draw conclusions about their impact, she adds.

The first minister confirms 147 patients with Covid-19 symptoms are being cared for in intensive care.

She confirms the initial target to double the number of intensive care beds to 360 has been reached, with 250 of these for use exclusively by Covid-19 patients.

We are now working to quadruple this number to more than 700 beds, she adds.

The first minister says there has now been a first full week of lockdown measures and she thanks the people of Scotland for complying with the rules.

Nicola Sturgeon says by staying at home, all of us can slow the spread of the virus, protect the NHS and ultimately saving lives.

She says as of 9am there has 2,310 positive cases of Covid-19 , an increase of 317 from yesterday, which is likely to be an underestimate.

The first minister says it is with sadness she has to report 16 further deaths, which means a total of 76 patients have died due to the virus.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will now deliver a statement on the coronavirus outbreak.

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The Cabinet Secretary for Social Security, Shirley-Anne Somerville, tells MSPs that business as usual is "not an option" for her department.

She says that frontline services will continue to be delivered, but plans to set out the new child disability payment and the Scottish replacement for the personal independence payment have been put on hold during the coronavirus crisis.

Ms Somerville says it is not possible to give a precise timescale, but the delay is likely to be several months.

She says she is aware of the "distress" people will feel over the announcement she is putting the plans for new disability payments on hold.

The minister tells MSPs that she had "no choice" considering the current situation and says UK ministers have agreed that exisiting benefits will continue to be paid during the transition period.

"While this is not what I wanted, and it's not what the public wanted, it is the only way to ensure that people continute to get the financial support that they are entitled to," she says.

Graeme Dey says no consideration has been given to next year's Scottish Parliament elections in the emergency powers bill.

He tells MSPs that the legislation will be subject to renewal in six months' time and it may be appropriate then to consider an extension of the current term.

He says this would be for all parties at Holyrood to consider.

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The Scottish government will now give a statement on social security provisions in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

You can watch the statement here with us on this live page.

Last month the government announced an additional £350 million would go to those most affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

The funding includes:

• £50 million for councils for local resilience, support and hardship plans
• £45 million will be added to the existing Scottish Welfare Fund which makes Community Grants and Crisis Grants
• £70 million Food Fund
• £50 million Wellbeing Fund to help charities
• £40 million Supporting Communities Fund
• £50 million will go to meet an anticipated increase in applications for the existing Council Tax Reduction Scheme and Scottish social security benefits
• £20 million will be allocated to a Third Sector Resilience Fund
• £25 million will be kept in reserve to allow swift and flexible responses

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The supermarket is as far as we are all allowed to travel under current coronavirus restrictions, so why are Scotland's airports still open?

From today, two of the busiest, Glasgow and Aberdeen are scaling operations down.

With most repatriation flights now complete, owner AGS says the airports will go into public service mode.

They will be supporting vital links with the Highlands and Islands, for air ambulances and for helicopter connections with offshore oil and gas platforms.

With aircraft grounded, holidays cancelled and business working from home, what about the rest of Scotland's Airports?

Find out what's happening here.

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Bucket lists and helping with chores are among the messages sent by Italian pupils to Scottish children.

Jennifer Keyes, from Inverness, works as a middle school teacher in Milan where her pupils have been in lockdown for more than a month.

During a virtual lesson, she asked them to make posters for children in Scotland who were now facing the same restrictions as them.

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It’s clear the coronavirus is already delivering a hammer blow to the economy.

It’s a major long-term threat to many employers and prosperity in Scotland. The Scottish Chambers of Commerce are saying four in 10 of the companies they’ve spoken to have seen their income fall to virtually nothing.

Many simply don’t have the funds to go into “hibernation” during lockdown. Their cashflow may only cover them for a few months at best. Almost a third of companies are letting staff go.

Businesses understand the reasons for lockdown but they want clarity. They want to know if police will use powers to stop workers travelling to work.

They want clarity on the difference in opinion between Holyrood and Westminster about whether construction workers should stay on the job.

Above all, they are desperate for an exit strategy. We’ve barely started this lockdown and businesses are asking if there has been enough attention about the risks to people’s lives from the economic price we’re paying.

Are we ready for a lockdown that will destroy businesses that have been built up over many years?

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A surge in demand for flour has prompted one Scottish producer to revive the National Loaf.

Mungoswells Mill in East Lothian has switched to milling just one brown flour instead of its customary white and wholemeal varieties which it argues is faster to make and more nutritious.

The move is reminiscent of the Second World War when white flour was banned and the healthier National Loaf was created as part of the war time food plan.

Andrew Whitely of campaign group Scotland the Bread said “national flour for a national emergency” would “address a big backlog of orders” and serve as “a wake up call alerting us to the fragility of our food system”.

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The coronavirus lockdown could be a "catastrophe" for businesses in Scotland, industry leaders have said.

The Scottish Chambers of Commerce (SCC) said 40% of businesses had reported a drop-off of 90-100% of all revenues.

And nearly half predict their cash-flow will only keep them afloat for between one and three months.

The SCC said its research suggested fears over the damage that is being inflicted across all levels of the economy were "growing by the day".

Read more here.

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Labour MSP Alex Rowley says the blackest days are still to come, insisting MSPs have a collective responsibility to make the "right and necessary choices".

Mr Rowley says one of his colleagues will bring an amendment to ensure the government reports back every month on the use of powers, rather than every two months as is currently proposed.

Green MSP Andy Wightman says the parliament should achieve consensus on the balance of public health, human rights and justice.

He says his party will argue for no notices for eviction to be possible, as even six month's notice for tenants will cause stress.

Lib Dem MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton says his party will support the bill now the jury section is to be removed. He confirms he will bring forward amendments on alternatives for juries, including remote working or using larger venues.