Largest single day figure for new casespublished at 12:26 British Summer Time 24 August 2021
Ms Sturgeon says there has been a "sharp rise" in cases with new cases more than doubling over the past week.
She says it is one of the sharpest rises we have experienced at any point during the pandemic.
New cases are now slightly higher than the very high levels we saw in early July, Ms Sturgeon says.
"Today's figure is the largest recorded in a single day though it is worth remembering that we do more testing now than was the case in the early stages of the pandemic," she says.