📢 @FionaHyslop: "People have worked very hard and sacrificed a lot - but the new Level 4 restrictions are necessary to stop the spread the virus.
We want to give people the hope of a respite by Christmas, but we need to make sure we can suppress COVID." #bbcdn
📢 @FionaHyslop: "We just have to stick with it. With the prospect of a vaccine, it gives us hope that we can soon return to a way of living that's closer to normal." #bbcdn
Make sure you know what level applies to your local area and what it means 👉 gov.scot/coronaviruslev…
📢 @FionaHyslop: "We know the impact of these restrictions on tourism and hospitality is serious - that's why we're ramping up business support, working closely with the sectors, and focusing support on wholesale suppliers." #bbcdn
📢 @FionaHyslop: "Our recovery must be all about building a society with wellbeing at its heart.
In our response, we must ensure we're tackling climate change, delivering jobs and making long-term decisions.
It's about what kind of country we want to be." #bbcdn
📢@FionaHyslop: "We've got to decide who we trust to take us through a major economic and social recovery.
The comments from Boris Johnson show that he doesn't like the powers resting in Scotland - which is why he's going ahead with the Internal Market Bill power grab." #bbcdn
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First Minister @NicolaSturgeon: "I'll give a very short update on today's statistics and recent developments. The total number of positive cases reported yesterday was 1,089. That's 4.6% of all tests reported."
NS: "The total number of cases is therefore now 85,612. There are 1,212 people in hospital -29 fewer than yesterday - and 85 people in intensive care. That is 3 fewer than yesterday."
NS: "I also regret to report that, in the past 24 hours, a further 50 deaths were registered of patients who tested positive in the previous 28 days."
First Minister @NicolaSturgeon: "Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us. I'm joined today by Dr Dave Caesar, our Deputy Chief Medical Officer, who'll assist me later on in taking questions from journalists."
NS: "Let me start, as usual, with today's statistics. The total number of positive cases reported yesterday was 1,264, which is 6.7% of the total number of tests, and the total number of confirmed cases now is 84,523."
NS: "420 of the new cases were in Greater Glasgow and Clyde, 312 in Lanarkshire, and 141 in Lothian. The remaining cases were across the other 8 mainland health boards."
.@Ianblackford_MP: "Over the past 20 years, Westminster has imposed an extreme Brexit, an illegal war in Iraq, £9,000 Tuition Fees, the windrush scandal, the rape clause, the bedroom tax and a decade of Tory austerity cuts which have all pushed millions into poverty." #PMQs
.@Ianblackford_MP: "At the same time, the @ScotParl has delivered free prescriptions, free tuition fees, free personal care, free bus travel, the Baby Box, the Scottish Child Payment and world-leading climate action, which have made Scotland a fairer place to live." #PMQs
.@Ianblackford_MP: "Does the Prime Minister understand why the people in Scotland think that it is him and his parliament that are the real disaster?" #PMQs
First Minister @NicolaSturgeon: "Than you, Presiding Officer. First of all, I will summarise today’s statistics.
The total number of positive cases reported yesterday was 1,248."
NS: "This is 9.7% of all tests carried out, and the total number of cases is now 83,259.
1,249 people are now in hospital – an increase of 22 from yesterday."
NS: "95 people are in intensive care, which is 3 fewer than yesterday.
And I regret to say that in the past 24 hours, a further 37 deaths have been registered of patients who first tested positive over the previous 28 days."
First Minister @NicolaSturgeon: "Good afternoon, thanks for joining us. I'll start with the statistics for today as usual, first of all. The total number of positive cases reported yesterday was 717."
NS: " That represents 8.3% of the total number of tests carried out, and means the total number of confirmed cases is now 82,011."
NS: "I should say, although we often see a slightly lower number of new cases reported after a weekend, today's figure is nevertheless lower than we would've expected it to be - so we are looking to see whether there are any other reasons that might be the cause of that."
First Minister @NicolaSturgeon: "Thanks for joining us again today. I'll start with the usual update on today's statistics."
NS: "The total number of positive cases reported yesterday was 951. That represents 9.6% of the total number of tests and takes the total number of confirmed cases in Scotland now to 66,012."
NS: "385 of the new cases were in Greater Glasgow & Clyde, 268 in Lanarkshire, 76 in Ayrshire & Arran and 69 in Lothian. The remaining cases were spread across the seven other mainland health board areas."