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The first minister says: "We have now vaccinated more than 23% of the adult population."

She says many of them are in the groups which are most vulnerable to becoming seriously ill or dying from Covid.

Ms Sturgeon says we will start to see the vaccine reduce serious illness and death.

Here's the vaccine first dose recipient breakdown:

• 99.9% of residents in older people’s care homes.
• at least 97% of over 80-year-olds living in the community
• 87% of 75 to 79 year olds living in the community
• 54% of 70 to 74 year olds

"We remain on course to give first doses to everyone over 70, and all people with a serious clinical vulnerability, by the middle of February," Ms Sturgeon said.

By that date, many in the 65-69 year old age group will also have had the first dose, she says.

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The first minister says: "Obviously, the bad weather has been a real concern for us this week."

"However, as of 8.30 this morning, 1,048,747 people in Scotland have received their first dose of the vaccine."

That is an increase of 63,178 since yesterday, another record.

The first minister says the fact that more than a million people have now received a first dose in this weather is a "heroic achievement".

There are 1,499 patients in hospital with a confirmed case of Covid (down 43 from yesterday), and this is now back below the peak of last spring.

Ms Sturgeon says this is a "wee ray of sunshine" in the daily statistics.

There are 109 people being treated in intensive care (down 4), Ms Sturgeon says.

She also adds that there are 28 "long stay" patients in ICU, who have been in intensive care for more than 28 days.

A further 48 deaths have been registered in the past 24 hours, of people who had tested positive. This takes the total by that measure to 6,599.

Nicola Sturgeon begins Thursday's briefing with the latest Scottish government figures, which show a further 830 people have tested positive for Covid-19.

That is 4% of the total number of tests carried out.

Ms Sturgeon said the low rate of test positivity was good news and the lowest for some time.

This takes the total number of positive cases in Scotland to 189,175.

• 243 were in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
• 145 in NHS Lanarkshire
• 116 in NHS Ayrshire and Arran

The remaining cases were across 10 health board areas.

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Nicola Sturgeon will lead today's Covid-19 brieing imminently, joined by Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Nicola Steedman.

The first minister will then undoubtedly mark the progress on the vaccine rollout, as over one million first doses have now been administered.

You can follow it all right here on this live page or watch or listen by clicking one of tabs above for BBC One Scotland, the BBC Scotland Channel or Radio Scotland.

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1. Scottish government: Coronavirus (COVID-19): what you can and cannot do, external

From Tuesday 5 January, mainland Scotland moved from Level 4 to a temporary lockdown, with new guidance to stay at home, external except for essential purposes.

• read a quick guide to what you can and cannot do: stay at home infographic, external

2. Postcode checker, external for COVID restrictions by protection level in areas of Scotland

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The latest from NHS Scotland and the Scottish government, including social distancing, face covering and stay at home advice.

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If you have Covid-19 symptoms go immediately to NHS Inform online or phone 0800 028 2816 to book a test

The latest from NHS Scotland and the Scottish government, including social distancing, face covering and stay at home advice.

5. Vaccines

How do you rebook a vaccination if the weather prevents you from attending?

• Check out the details in your vaccination letter or go to NHS Inform, external.
• Alternatively you can call the helpline:0800 030 8013
• As a last resort Nicola Sturgeon has reiterated you could e-mail her team at firstminister@gov.scot

It may be a winter wonderland for many, but is it affecting vaccination numbers in Scotland?

This will undoubtedly be addressed at today's briefing.

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Scotland's health secretary is warning that from this weekend the vaccination programme will have to "slowdown delivery for a period of time".

Jeane Freeman told Holyrood's Covid-19 Committee that daily dose numbers were likely to drop due to an expected "dip in supply" of the Pfizer vaccine.

Some doses will also have to be set aside for people due their second jag.

The health secretary said this reduction in delivery should be only for a "limited time", but it could mean a "slowdown" in delivery for those aged 16 to 64 with underlying health issues.

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The chair of the British Medical Association's Scottish GP Committee has told MSPs the supply of vaccines "appears to be improving on the ground".

Dr Andrew Buist had previously labelled the system for getting doses to GP as "patchy".

But, appearing in front of MSPs, he said his colleagues were now "in a different place" and "in a better position to vaccinate".

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An umbrella body representing the ethnic minorities voluntary sector in Scotland is warning that some "issues of concern" around "vaccine hesitancy" are starting to emerge.

Appearing at Holyrood's Covid-19 Committee, Danny Boyle from the organisation BEMIS, warned that more needs to be done to encourage some ethnic minority groups to engage with the vaccine programme.

Mr Boyle also called for information about it to be translated more suitably.

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How do you rebook a vaccination if the weather prevents you from attending?

The information to rebook should be on the vaccination letter people received or can be found at NHS Inform, external.

Alternatively you can call the helpline:0800 030 8013.

As a last resort Nicola Sturgeon has reiterated you could e-mail her team at firstminister@gov.scot.

The first minister has stressed no-one will miss out on getting the vaccine due to missing an appointment due to severe weather.

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Yesterday we revealed the number of people who caught Covid-19 in hospital was higher than at any other time during the pandemic in the most recent figures from HPS.

244 cases were reported as definite hospital onset, and 114 as probably hospital onset, in the week ending 17 January.

That compares to 202 definite and 48 probable in the seven days to 12 April 2020, and 219 definite and 113 probable in the week to 10 January 2021.

In the most recent data, the likely hospital onset cases added up to around 3% of those reported to Health Protection Scotland. The vast majority of cases were community-acquired.

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Welcome to BBC Scotland's rolling coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic this Thursday 11 February 2021.

As temperatures drop across Scotland, vaccination numbers soar - with more than one million people having now received their first dose.

Nicola Sturgeon will be joined by Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Nicola Steedman from 12.15pm and will undoubtedly mark this historic achievement.

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

You'll get opposition party political guests as well as expert analysis on BBC One Scotland.

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