That concludes our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic for Friday. Here's what we learned today:

• There have been 64 more hospital deaths from Covid-19 in Scotland, taking that figure to 1,184
• Across the UK there were a further 768 hospital patient deaths
• Health Secretary says it is 'not clear' when Scotland will progress with more tests for essential workers as UK online booking system quickly overloads
• Categories of workers eligible for such testing outlined
• Ramadan "will have to be different" this year, says Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf
• Scotland's biggest music festival, TRNSMT, is cancelled for 2020

Live coverage will resume early on Saturday.

Before we conclude our live coverage today, here is a snapshot of some of Your Pictures of Scotland this week.

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The Justice Secretary has paid tribute to faith communities across Scotland who have used periods of celebration and fasting to do good in the community.

Humza Yousaf told Reporting Scotland that a Sikh congregation in Glasgow had used the recent celebration of Vaisakhi to gather food parcels for vulnerable people.

He said: Faith communities are doing a lot of great work."

Mr Yousaf added there was advice from the British Islamic Medical Association on how to stay healthy while fasting.

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Mr Yousaf added that police have other duties to perform and the government would rather not see officers' time being "wasted".

He said: "There are other issues that the police have to deal with - we have concerns around domestic abuse for example.

"Rather than wasting police time and putting yourself at risk just do as all of us have been saying, stay at home and obey the rules."

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Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf told Reporting Scotland that a number of people have been phoning the police to report those who have breached lockdown rules.

Mr Yousaf said the majority of those who call are using the 101 number rather than 999.

He said the "vast majority" of people are adhering to the rules, while a small number were continuing to gather in public or at other people's houses.

He said: "Police will continue to use the powers they have. We will continue to put forward the messaging but will look to see what more we can do.

"This is directly putting people's lives at risk."

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Earlier today, the term 'bubble groups' was mentioned by the first minister as a possible way forward, the idea being that people could meet a strictly limited number of others outside their own households as lockdown measures are eased.

Health Secretary Jeane Freeman did not exactly burst the bubble but did say that the concept had "not entirely been decided yet".

She told BBC Radio Scotland: "What was set out was the critical factors we will look at, the way by which will we take decisions - we do really want to hear from the public.

"We need more weeks of the current lockdown to be sure, but it looks like there are signs of hope, that we are depressing the virus sufficiently so that we can begin to consider measures to ease the restrictions.

"We need to look at all the data and say 'if we did X or Y, what would be the impact?' The bottom line is that we are going to be living with this virus for some time to come.

"What we need to find is a better balance for more normal living, although we won't go back to how it was before, while we control it."

BBC Radio Scotland

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Health Secretary Jeane Freeman was again at pains to stress how important it is for non-virus patients to visit GPs and the hospital if in need of care.

It was revealed earlier this week that referrals for suspected cancer cases has nose-dived by more than 70% since the outbreak started.

"They will not be a burden to the health service," Ms Freeman told BBC Radio Scotland. "That is what we are here for. Urgent treatment is available.

"Secondly, very robust measures are taken to ensure that patients who have the virus are treated very separately from patients coming in for other reasons. There are very clear lines for clinical treatment."

BBC Radio Scotland

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So, who are the key workers who can apply for a coronavirus test?

Earlier today, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said that Scottish testing would be available for workers in four categories ranging from health and social care staff to people employed in critical infrastructure and other essential services.

Health Secretary Jeane Freeman expanded a little on the subject, saying testing would be prioritised in the following order:

• health and social care workers
• staff in residential institutions, such as care homes
• workers in critical national infrastructure fundamental for safety and security - for example in the energy and food sectors, perhaps oil and gas, ferry operators helping get supplies to island communities
• staff involved in the delivery of essential services
• staff involved in volunteering
• workers in industries involved in economic sustainability and growth

Catriona Renton
BBC Scotland reporter

With the London Marathon - which was due to take place this weekend - cancelled, people across Scotland have been getting involved with an alternative - the 2.6 challenge.

Instead of running 26 miles, those taking part can do something 2.6 times to raise much-needed funds for charities struggling to cope during lockdown.

Three siblings from Oban are walking 2.6km to raise funds for the Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity which helped their family after twins Campbell and Sarah were born prematurely.

Mum Kristeen said: “We had quite a long stay at the special care unit in Paisley and we always said we would do a fundraiser at some stage.”

Anna Fowlie of the Scottish Centre for Voluntary Organisations said: “The whole situation could be potentially devastating for the charity and voluntary sector. But the people of Scotland do step up and support charities in lots of different ways.”

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And it’s not just people taking part. Storm - the marathon running cat - is doing 26 miles - counted by pedometer - in order to raise funds for Cats Protection.

Drivetime with Fiona Stalker
BBC Radio Scotland

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Scotland is "scaling up" coronavirus tests for health and care home workers at NHS laboratories and is on target to reach 3,500 tests a day by end of the month, says Health Secretary Jeane Freeman.

However, there is a wait for "glitches to be resolved" in the booking process before proceeding with the UK government's scheme for providing more key workers with tests at drive-through sites, with Ms Freeman "not clear" on when those will get the go-ahead.

The new website for ordering home tests and booking appointments had to close just hours after being opened due to high demand.

The health secretary told BBC Radio Scotland that she was in conversation with the UK government on the technical issues, explaining that staff were ready to apply the tests once the difficulties in booking slots were overcome.

Asked whether policing needs to change in view of anecodotal evidence more people are ignoring lockdown restrictions, Grant Shapps says the peak of coronavirus cases "is not over".

"When people ask me when the stay at home measures will be altered, my answer is some of this lies in your own hands," adds the transport secretary, suggesting the more people adhere to the restrictions, the sooner they may be eased.

Dr Jenny Harries, Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England, says stories suggesting more people are leaving home to enjoy the sunshine points towards the behavioural science of implementing lockdown restrictions.

"Most of the public are increasingly complying and increasingly supporting" the measures, she says. "We need to encourage everyone to comply."

Follow the briefing here.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, delivering the UK Government's daily briefing, says there are “tentative signs we are making progress” because of the way the public has adhered to social distancing measures.

He announces a new package of measures for transport - including for essential freight services - and confirms there are now no British holidaymakers stranded on cruises anywhere in the world.

Mr Shapps said the end of lockdown restrictions "will arrive sooner" if motorists only continue to travel for essential journeys.

You can follow the briefing here.

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A car park in the seaside town of Helensburgh is to close after police warned it was popular with visitors.

The local inspector raised concerns with Argyll and Bute Council about the number of vehicles using Kidston car park before walking along the esplanade.

The move follows previous closures of car parks in Luss, Arrochar and at Duck Bay.

A council spokeswoman said: "National guidance is clear – only travel if it’s essential. We all have a duty to act responsibly and keep each other safe from the threat of Covid-19."

Drivetime with Fiona Stalker
BBC Radio Scotland

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Margaret Payne, the 90-year who is raising money for the NHS by climbing the equivalent of Highland mountain Suilven on the stairs of her Sutherland home, says she's feeling "absolutely fine".

Mrs Payne, from Ardvar, has already raised more than £360,000.

She says she has completed 52 trips up her stairs - of an expected 282 - to reach the target of 731m (2,398ft).

"I think I'm getting fitter," she told BBC Radio Scotland. "I'll definitely get there, but I'm not sure how long it will take."

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"Messaging is important in deciding whether to lift the lockdown at different times in the UK's different nations," says Dr Gregor Smith, interim chief medical officer for Scotland.

He told Westminster’s Science and Technology Committee: "Once you start to develop a mixed message to the public there’s always the risk that people will misunderstand the message and won’t know in what part of the country what they’re supposed to do, and so the messaging becomes very important.

"That’s not to say that when there’s the need to apply a different type of measure because of the different stages that we shouldn’t take that, but we should just be very confident that it is the right thing for that part of the country to do at that moment in time."

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The SPFL has revealed that they commissioned an investigation into Dundee's vote on the resolution to end the lower leagues early because of the coronavirus crisis and say there is "no evidence of improper behaviour".

Dundee had submitted a no vote which the league says was never received, before changing to a decisive yes days later.

Auditing company Deloitte were hired to look into the vote and following "extensive examinations of phone and email records", the company found nothing to suggest any wrongdoing, according to the SPFL.

Rangers, Hearts and Aberdeen have all called for an independent inquiry into the process.

The governing body say they hope the investigation will now allow Scottish football to move forward amid the coronavirus crisis.

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One of the south of Scotland's best-known buildings was the latest to turn blue to celebrate the work of NHS staff on Thursday evening.

Drumlanrig Castle near Thornhill was lit up to coincide with the applause that rang out across the UK.

Staff at the castle said they wanted to pay their own small tribute to the efforts of health workers

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Fiona Walker
BBC Scotland

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While the first minister did not go into the specific detail of exactly which key workers would be covered and when they would be able to access a test, she did set out four broad categories of staff to be covered – expanding from health and social care workers, to infrastructure and other essential workers, to volunteers.

So while workers in Scotland continue to wait for the who and when, the test booking system, so far for essential workers in England only, is closed with high demand.

The expansion of testing is something we have been waiting for as laboratory capacity increases - particularly as we hear of testing appointments going unused.

Testing is crucial for knowing how to treat the ill, understanding the spread of the disease, and getting frontline workers back to work if they are negative. Right now anyone else with symptoms self-isolates but testing will be a major part of the strategy when we slowly start to relax some of the lockdown restrictions.