A further 255 positive cases are reported over the past 24 hours, 73 people are in hospital and nine are in intensive care. There have been no new deaths
A new package of measures to bring the virus below R value 1 will be made. It is anticipated that those measures will be "co-ordinated" across the UK nations
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Prime Minister Boris Johnson will discuss pandemic restrictions at a meeting later
The first minister told her daily briefing that she would be "looking carefully" at hospitality
Scientific advise to the UK government indicates 50,000 new coronavirus cases each day by mid-October without further restrictions
Scotland's health secretary Jeane Freeman says curbs that could last six months are "more realistic" than ones lasting weeks
The first minister says 73 patients are in hospital with a confirmed case (up 10), with eight being treated in intensive care.
No deaths were registered in the last 24 hours of people who tested positive.
Sine the last briefing, three additional deaths were registered on Friday, meaning the total is now 2,505.
Nicola Sturgeon confirms a further 255 people have tested positive for Covid-19, which is 6.3% of those newly tested yesterday.
This takes the total number of positive cases in Scotland to 24,627.
Ms Sturgeon says the provisional data indicates the breakdown of new cases is as follows:
The remaining cases are spread across eight other health boards.
There are new cases in every mainland health board.
Nicola Sturgeon will lead the daily briefing from 12:15pm
From 12:15pm:
All three are available here on this live page.
Image source, ReutersEveryone has a role to play in stopping the rise in cases of Covid-19, according to the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
Commenting on today’s press conference from the UK government's chief scientific advisers, Professor Angela Thomas, acting president of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh said: “As Prof Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance highlighted, this is a critical time for protecting people – and the NHS – from coronavirus.
“Everyone has a role to play – whether as individuals or as part of an organisation – in stopping the rise in cases from overwhelming health and care services.
“This is a time for cool heads and responsible decision making, and as individuals, we must all follow the guidelines on social distancing, and hand and respiratory hygiene.
“We must also have clear, concise and consistent public health messaging from government and public health agencies.
“While we appreciate that tailored approaches were required in different UK nations at times during the pandemic, each government in the UK must communicate clearly and commit to joint working where possible.”
Lisa Summers
BBC Scotland Health Correspondent
Image source, PA MediaYou can understand people's frustration, cases may be rising but mostly in the young and hospital admissions are still very low. Yet scientists are worried. They see what has happened in other parts of Europe and they judge there is a critical window of opportunity to act or risk losing control of the virus once again.
Remember, the NHS is stretched at the best of times and it is still playing catch-up on the day-to-day work that had to be put on hold earlier this year. It is also only able to work at a limited capacity. So the concern from medics I speak to is that any significant increase in coronavirus patients would stop routine work again.
Yes, the NHS will cope with Covid, as it did before, but what will be the consequences for things like cancer care, rehabilitation or already long waits for hip and knee replacements?
Prof Whitty says the mortality rate will be slightly reduced this autumn and winter because treatment is better now - but there will still be many deaths.
He also talks about the decisions that ministers will have to take - balancing the impact on the economy with the danger of the virus.
"If we do too little, this virus will go out of control," he said.
But if we go too far the other way we can cause damage to the economy, he says, which will have its own long-term health effects.
Prof Whitty says it is important to have these two sides in mind when taking decisions.
He talks about four things that can be done to combat the virus:
On the third point - which suggests limiting contact between household - Prof Whitty warns that if we do not change course we are going to find ourselves in a very difficult problem.
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Image source, ReutersProf Chris Whitty says the seasons are against us
England's chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty and the UK's scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance have just finished their press conference.
"The seasons are against us," says Prof Whitty. "We are now going into the seasons... that benefit respiratory viruses."
It's very likely Covid will benefit from autumn and winter, he says.
He says it will be a "six-month problem that we will have to deal with collectively".
"This period of the next six months needs to be taken seriously," he says.
Image source, UK Government
Image source, Getty ImagesEvery time the government sees a rise in cases it seems to panic, one professor says
The constant mantra is the virus must be suppressed and contained.
But how do you do this when people can be infectious without knowing they have it? Where it can be passed on silently because people do not develop symptoms?
The nation has been brought to a standstill once at immense cost to the economy, education and health more generally.
And now with cases rising there is the threat of new national restrictions, while large parts of the country have already found themselves back in partial lockdown.
But are we fighting a losing battle? Do we instead need to learn to live with the virus?
Image source, PA MediaThank you for joining our rolling coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic In Scotland.
Nicola Sturgeon will lead the Scottish government's daily coronavirus briefing from 12.15pm. You can watch or listen here on the live page.
Before that England’s chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty is due to make a statement on TV at 11:00 BST.
Health Secretary Jeane Freeman, has told Good Morning Scotland all options are on the table to curb rising case numbers.
More than 600 positive tests were reported over the weekend with Saturday seeing the highest number of new cases since May.