The first minister details PPE going direct to care homes, with those with an outbreak being prioritised.

She says more information will be made available from today about how the virus is affecting care homes.

The statistics to be published at 2pm include:

• the total number of care homes with a suspected Covid-19 case
• the total number of suspected cases in care homes so far
• the number of care homes that have current suspected cases

The first minister says a National Rapid Action Group has been set up to tackle any local issues with care homes.

She says all symptomatic residents will be tested and Covid-19 patients coming from hospital must have had two negative tests.

Ms Sturgeon adds other new admissions will be tested and isolated for 14 days.

The first minister says over three quarters of the deaths were of people who were aged over 75.

She stresses that much younger people do sometimes die from Covid-19 too.

"It is important for all of us to follow the guidance."

Ms Sturgeon says:

• 56% have died in hospital
• 33% in care homes
• 10% at home or in some other setting

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirms 9,038 people have tested positive for Covid-19, an increase of 366 from yesterday.

1,776 patients are in hospital with a suspected or confirmed case (down 90), with 155 being treated in intensive care (down 11).

Since 5 March, 1,813 Covid-19 patients have been discharged from hospital.

A further 77 people have died with coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking the total to 1,062 deaths in Scotland for people who have tested positive. She reiterates the 1,616 figure from NRS includes provides a more comprehensive measure.

The total number of deaths in Scotland linked to coronavirus has risen to 1,616, new statistics have shown.

The National Records of Scotland figures include all deaths where coronavirus was believed to have been present, rather than just confirmed cases.

They showed that 651 deaths were registered between 13 and 19 April - up from 610 the previous week.

A third of the deaths were recorded in care homes.

Read more here.

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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will shortly begin her daily briefing on how the Scottish government is responding to the coronavirus pandemic.

New figures from the National Records of Scotland indicate a total 1,616 people have died with Covid-19 in Scotland.

Most Covid-19 deaths have occurred in hospitals (56%) - but a third happened in care homes.

Lunchtime Live
BBC Radio Scotland

BBC Radio Scotland's Lunchtime Live has just started:

• the programme will provide analysis of the latest figures on deaths in care homes and in the community
• these statistics come out as an Aberdeen home is the latest to report a number of residents have died
• Lunchtime Live will cross live to the Scottish government's news conference expected to begin around 12:30

Listen to Lunchtime Live

The V&A Dundee is encouraging kids to get creative with a weekly design challenge.

As home-schooling continues around the country, the museum is setting a task each Wednesday for children to find a solution to - using items from around the house.

The inaugural challenge this week is to create an outfit using recycled materials.

Parents are being encouraged to share their children's designed using the #DesignBusters hashtag on social media.

You can, of course,watch the programme or listen to Lunchtime Live here on our live page.

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The Scottish government will today publish the number of suspected coronavirus cases in adult care homes.

It follows the news last week that a quarter of Covid-19 deaths occurred in care homes and concerns about a lack of PPE for staff.

The figures, which will also reveal the proportion of care homes affected and patients discharged from hospital, will be published at 2pm.

In addition, the National Records of Scotland will publish the total number of deaths linked to Covid-19 at midday. It will cover all deaths registered between 13-19 April for which the virus was mentioned on the death certificate.

• MPs approve new working arrangements as Commons returns

• Read more here

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BBC Radio Scotland

It's the Big Night In tomorrow evening, a first-time TV collaboration between Children In Need and Comic Relief to celebrate "the people making a difference and to support those most in need" around the UK during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Sharon Kelly, project co-ordinator at Royston Youth Action and Child Protection, external, has been explaining to BBC Radio Scotland how the crisis has been affecting her group, which normally would be hosting 22 clubs and projects.

"We've been doing a lot of online activities and keeping in touching with our children that way - posting up daily activities, learning languages, arts and crafts, riddles, quizzes," she says.

Ms Kelly's group, which she says has received vital financial help from Children In Need, has also been teaming up with other local organisations, like housing associations, and has started a support system for the families and elderly in the community - delivering supermarket vouchers and fuel,care packages,

"The whole of the Royston community is really working well together and it's lovely to see," she adds.

Ninewells Hospital's intensive care unit staff have thanked a mourning Dundee family for their "humbling" video tribute to their work.

Abdul Rashid Daud died from Covid-19 in the hospital last week.

His family's online video, thanking each of the staff members who cared for him by name, has been seen by more than 40,000 people.

Dr Pauline Austin from the intensive care unit described the message as an "amazing and heartfelt gesture."

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A star-studded event to raise money to buy protective equipment for the NHS will be streamed online on Wednesday evening.

The three-hour live stream, which starts at 18:00, will be hosted by DJ Edith Bowman and features Annie Lennox, KT Tunstall and Olympian Sir Chris Hoy.

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Actors Martin Compston, James McAvoy and Peter Capaldi are also taking part.

The "For the Love of Scotland" fundraiser is helping raise money for the Masks for Scotland charity.

The event will be streamed on the Gigs in Scotland Facebook, external and YouTube pages.

Read more here

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BBC Radio Scotland

Dr David Hamilton, author of "The Five Side-Effects of Kindness", tells BBC Radio Scotland "it is definitely worth searching for the good news" during the Covid-19 pandemic.

"Physiologically speaking, kindness is the opposite of stress," he says. "It doesn't mater if you are the giver of the kindness, or the receiver of kindness, or even if you just witness it. That feeling it generates stimulates the immune system in an opposite way than feeling stressed, which can temporarily dampen the immune system."

Dr Hamilton says it is not about avoiding or ignoring reality but "reducing your exposure" to it.

He suggests "kindness is more contagious than coronavirus".