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The first minister also discusses Scotland's GDP figures from April to June of this year.

They showed GDP fell by 19.7% in that quarter but grew by 5.7% in June as lockdown began to ease, the first minister explains.

Overall the size of the economy is down 17.6% below the level in February.

She says we would not expect to see a full recovery yet and the figures show the economic challenges faced by Scotland.

The first minister confirms the total number of deaths with a confirmed or presumed link to Covid has reached 4,216.

National Records of Scotland (NRS) figures indicate three people died in the week ending 16 August.

Ms Sturgeon says these three deaths represents a decrease of two from the previous week and is the lowest weekly figure since the pandemic began.

The figures are higher than the daily figure announced by Nicola Sturgeon because they include all cases where Covid-19 is mentioned on a death certificate, even if the patient had not been tested.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirms 19,457 people now have tested positive for Covid-19, an increase of 50 from yesterday.

That’s 0.9% of those that were newly tested yesterday.

The provisional information shows 15 of the 50 new cases are in Grampian, 10 are in Greater Glasgow and Clyde, three in Lanarkshire and 12 in Tayside, where there are known clusters.

248 patients are in hospital with confirmed case (down six), with two being treated in intensive care (down one).

No deaths were registered in the last 24 hours of people who tested positive over the previous 28 days

However there was a death registered on 21 April which was not previously included, which means the number of deaths by the daily measurement is now 2,492.

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The Scottish government daily briefing is about to start and it's a big day for the people of Aberdeen.

Education Secretary John Swinney and Interim Clinical Director Gregor Smith will join First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

Here's what we are expecting:

• An update on today's numbers and whether several clusters involving school pupils have increased
• An announcement on whether or not Aberdeen will continue in local lockdown

A total of 4,216 Scots deaths have been linked to Covid-19, official figures show.

National Records of Scotland (NRS) figures indicate three people died in the week ending 16 August.

The figures are higher than the daily figure announced by Nicola Sturgeon because they include all cases where Covid-19 is mentioned on a death certificate, even if the patient had not been tested.

If you're just joining us here's a reminder of today's headlines:

• A fourth pupil at St Ambrose High in Coatbridge has tested positive for Coronavirus, part of a cluster in North Lanarkshire and North East Glasgow
• Three pupils - at Newhill Primary in Blairgowrie, Oakbank Primary in Perth and Todholm Primary in Paisley - also have the virus
• There's been a case connected to an adult at Kingspark School in Dundee
• A member of staff at Kinmylies Primary School in Inverness has also tested positive

• Read the latest on the new cases here

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• Local lockdown restrictions in Aberdeen will be reviewed today
• The Care Inspectorate has dropped its court case against the owners of a Skye care home where 10 residents died in a Covid-19 outbreak

• Up to 75,000 new certificates are to be issued in the wake of the school exam results row
• Recovery of the retail sector in Scotland is happening 'at a worryingly low pace'
• The National Museum of Scotland is due to reopen after an unprecedented five-month closure due to the coronavirus pandemic

The review of local lockdown restrictions in Aberdeen is expected to dominate today's cornavirus briefing.

Dozens of hospitality businesses have now come together to form a new orgnaisation to ensure all pubs and restaurants have the right measures in place to keep customers safe.

Councillor Marie Boulton is convener of the Licensing Board in the city and a member of the Independent Alliance Group: "They recognise that they want out of lockdown and want to stay out of lockdown.

"And the only way they are going to do it is to tighten their measures and to work together.

"People have been caught, the premises in particular, maybe off guard.

"I think they had recognised people were keen to come.

"The volume has overwhelmed them more than they expected."

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Adrian Gomes, owner of the city's Tippling House bar, told Radio Scotland the lockdown in Aberdeen has been a "bit harsh"

"We've been closed the last couple of weeks and nothing kind of going on really.

"We're kind of at square one really which is quite annoying but I do understand, I've always been a supporter of the measures in place to control coronavirus and get past this."

He however adds: "Aberdeen was maybe made an example of.

"I think a lockdown was a bit harsh."

Mr Gomes said perhaps instead of a lockdown measures could have been put in place like banning queues and giving police more powers to shut venues not playing ball.

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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said lockdown restrictions in Aberdeen are having an impact, with the number of new covid cases continuing to decline.

Lockdown restrictions were reimposed in Aberdeen on 5 August due to a coronavirus cluster in the city.

The restrictions were kept in place last week and are to be reviewed again today.

There have now been 386 cases in Grampian since 26 July, with 220 associated with the Aberdeen cluster.

Join us for extensive coverage of the Scottish government briefing at 12.15pm where the first minister will reveal whether the restrictions remain in place for another week.

• Read more here
• Aberdeen local lockdown to remain in place
• Aberdeen lockdown begins as Covid cluster grows

Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic in Scotland on Wednesday 19 August.