Summary

  • New positive cases in the last 24 hours are logged at 1,122; there are 1,052 people in hospital with Covid-19 and 90 of those patients are in ICU. One additional death was registered

  • The increase in cases is slowing, but there is not yet evidence of decline, says the first minister

  • Nicola Sturgeon adds that important decisions will be made in the coming days in regard to the new tier system

  • Students could be told not to go home at Christmas if the spread of coronavirus has not been controlled

  • Dundee coronavirus cases have prompted concerns and further restrictions are being considered for the area

  • Education Secretary John Swinney says it is a situation the government wants to avoid but it is a "realistic possibility"

  • Bishop of Paisley John Keenan calls for a 24-hour "circuit breaker" to be put in place on Christmas Day

Live Reporting

BBC Scotland News

  1. More clarification to be published ahead of parliamentary debate

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    Nicola Sturgeon starts by saying discussions took place over the weekend on the levels which will be set for Scotland's health board areas within the new strategic framework.

    She says clarification will be published ahead of the parliamentary debate on Tuesday.

    If the draft framework is agreed on Tuesday, she says that ministers will decide later in the week, on scientific advice, what levels will apply from Monday 2 November.

    She says current restrictions in the central belt are "broadly" equivalent to Level 3 and the rest of the country is equivalent to Level 2.

  2. One more death from Covid-19 in Scotland
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    One more person who tested positive for coronavirus has died, taking the total to 2,701 deaths in Scotland by that measure.

    1,052 patients are in hospital with a confirmed case.

    90 are being treated in intensive care.

  3. Health board breakdown

    Ms Sturgeon says the provisional data indicates the breakdown of new cases is as follows:

    NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde: 428

    NHS Lanarkshire: 274

    NHS Lothian: 105

    NHS Ayrshire and Arran: 97

    The remaining cases are spread across nine other health boards.

  4. 1,122 more positive cases recorded in Scotland
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    First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirms a further 1,122 people have tested positive for Covid-19, 7.1% of those newly tested yesterday.

    This takes the total number of positive cases in Scotland to 57,874.

  5. More questions about students?

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    Nicola Sturgeon is likely to be asked more about students in Scotland being allowed to return home for the Christmas holidays.

    At the weekend, education secretary John Swinney said a "staggered return" after the holidays was being considered, but that the Scottish government was working hard with the other UK nations to try to make going home possible.

    However, on Monday he said students may not be able to return home if the spread of coronavirus was not under control.

    Read more here.

  6. COMING UP: First minister’s daily briefing…

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    Nicola Sturgeon will begin her daily briefing shortly, with the health secretary Jeane Freeman and national clinical director Jason Leitch alongside her.

    How to watch and listen:

    On BBC One Scotland the programme will have the main part of the daily briefing. It will have an interview with Professor Rowland Kao, an epidemiologist and data scientist at the University of Edinburgh. Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross will also be on the programme.

    Meanwhile, if you prefer, you can watch the whole of the briefing with all the questions from journalists on the BBC Scotland Channel

    Or you can listen to the briefing on Lunchtime Live on BBC Radio Scotland

    All three are available here on this live page.

  8. Welcome

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    Hello and welcome to BBC Scotland's rolling coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic in Scotland this Monday, 26 October 2020.

    Nicola Sturgeon will be delivering an update shortly at the Scottish government's daily briefing, starting at 12:15.

    The first minister will be joined by the health secretary Jeane Freeman and Scotland’s national clinical director Prof Jason Leitch.

    You can follow the latest developments right here and watch or listen live by clicking on one of the tabs above - for coverage on BBC One Scotland, the BBC Scotland channel or BBC Radio Scotland.