The first minister says Covid is still circulating in Scotland at a higher level than would be wished.

The case data from recent weeks also shows that the levels system has until now been effective

Ms Sturgeon says: "However, after a sustained period of decline, our case numbers are now more volatile, and have risen by around 15% in the last couple of weeks."

The number of people with Covid who are in hospital and ICU have also risen slightly again, confirms the first minister.

Nicola Sturgeon confirms a further 1,316 people have tested positive for Covid-19. That is 7.5% of the total number of tests carried out.

This takes the total number of positive cases in Scotland to 114,366.

1,045 patients are in hospital with a confirmed case (down 33), with 60 being treated in intensive care (up one).

A further 43 people who tested positive in the last 28 days have had their deaths registered in the last 24 hours. This takes the total to 4,326 deaths in Scotland by that measure.

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Nicola Sturgeon will now update MSPs on the latest on the coronavirus pandemic and the review of Covid restriction levels.

It has already been announced Covid restrictions will only be relaxed on Christmas Day and mainland Scotland will then be placed under the tightest restrictions of level four from Boxing Day.

• Fears of level 1 businesses heading for lockdown
• Lockdown looms as Scotland tightens Christmas rules
• What are Scotland's level 4 restrictions?

• 1,500 lorries stuck in Kent as UK and France aim to restart freight
• Tonnes of Scottish seafood worth millions of pounds and destined for continental European markets are "stuck at Dover"

• Nicola Sturgeon will outline the latest coronavirus measures in Holyrood from 2.05pm
• Plans to put all of mainland Scotland into level 4 after Christmas were announced at the weekend

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• Businesses in parts of the north and south of Scotland face moving into the country's toughest Covid restrictions on Boxing Day- despite currently operating under level one rules
• The STUC is calling for the closure of all non-essential workplaces from Boxing Day
• Nearly forty workers at a Royal Mail office in Glasgow have tested positive for Covid-19

• Police may investigate why people are travelling if their journey is suspected of breaching Covid-19 rules, Scotland's chief constable says
• The Scottish government has updated its guidance on forming household bubbles over the festive period, external
• The chief medical officer has written to everyone in the shielding group with new guidance

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Millions of pounds worth of Scottish seafood is among the produce stuck in the queues at Dover.

Jimmy Buchan, chief executive of the Scottish Seafood Association, tells Radio Scotland some of the seafood has found its way across the channel but there is still a huge concern until this curfew is lifted.

There is more concern about live products like shellfish and it must be tended by a skilled person, he says, and calls for a speedy resolution to this issue to get perishable goods moving as quickly as possible.

The Christmas week is the biggest of the year in terms of seafood sales, says Mr Buchanan, and there was a rough estimate that £5m worth of stock was stuck on the motorway.

Drivers are wanting home for Christmas and this curfew came without warning, he says.

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Nearly forty workers at a Royal Mail office in Glasgow have tested positive for Covid-19.

38 people at the mail centre in Springburn have contracted the virus.

Royal Mail says a deep clean of the site, which employs around 1,000 staff, has been carried out.

It adds that a range of preventive measures to protect both customers and colleagues have been put in place.

The number of excess deaths - those above expected levels - since the start of the pandemic has passed 81,000.

Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows the UK saw nearly 14,000 deaths in the week of 11 December.

This was 13% above the expected levels for this time of year, down from 15% the week before.

Of these deaths, 3,062 involved Covid-19, also slightly lower than the preceding week.

Excess deaths are the difference between the total number of deaths registered (the height of the shaded area in the chart below) and the average over the previous five years for the same weeks (shown by the dashed line).

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Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC's rolling coverage of the coronavirus pandemic in Scotland.

The first minister will shortly update MSPs and reveal the details of the latest review of Covid-19 restriction levels.