Easing of rules will begin on 2 April when the "stay at home" order ends. Three days later hairdressers can resume business

Much of the economy begins its re-opening on 26 April when non-essential retail, pubs, restaurants, gyms and leisure centres welcome back customers

From 17 May four people from two households can meet indoors and cinema and bingo halls can open

Some business owners have told the BBC that the timetable for the easing of restrictions was not fast enough

Alan Henderson, of the McGinty's group which runs pubs, believes his industry had been "scapegoated" with having to live with "unnecessary restrictions"

A further 625 positive lab tests have been recorded which is 3% of all tests. That percentage indicates the pandemic is under control

There are 422 positive patients in hospital (down 18) and of that number 38 are in ICU (down four)

In the week ending 14 March, 104 death certificates mentioning Covid-19 were recorded - a decrease of 38 deaths from the previous week

Just 14 deaths linked to coronavirus occurred in care homes with the majority - 86 fatalities - happening in hospital, the National Records of Scotland reports

Aside from Covid, Nicola Sturgeon has faced a number of questions from journalists on the Holyrood inquiry into the handling of the Salmond case

She said she "refuted" accusations that she knew about the harassment allegations at an earlier date than she had told a committee of MSPs