More than 1,840 people have now died in Scotland due to coronavirus, with 34 new cases confirmed in the north-east.
The latest update on confirmed cases show there has been 34 people diagnosed with coronavirus in the Grampian area in the past 24 hours, bringing the region’s total to 1,035.
There are 91 people in hospital in the north-east with 10 of those in intensive care.
The Highlands and islands have not recorded any new cases – the number of confirmed cases in the Highlands remains at 317, whilst Shetland has had 54, Orkney has seven cases and there has been six cases confirmed in the Western Isles.
As of last night there are 10 people in the Highlands receiving hospital treatment.
As of 2pm today 71,092 people in Scotland have been tested for #coronavirus
57,787 confirmed negative
13,305 positive1,847 patients who tested positive have sadly died.
Latest update ➡️ https://t.co/kZjGNz2EDe
Health advice ➡️ https://t.co/l7rqArB6Qu#COVIDー19 pic.twitter.com/agkJJbZDQ4— Scottish Government (@scotgov) May 9, 2020
Recent statistics show 13,305 people have now tested positive for the virus in Scotland, up by 156 from 13,149 the day before.
There are 93 people in intensive care with coronavirus or coronavirus symptoms, an increase of nine on Friday.
There are 1,585 people in hospital with confirmed or suspected Covid-19, an increase of one.
Since March 5, 3,016 people who have tested positive for coronavirus have been able to leave hospital.
Extended lockdown
Earlier in the week, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, announced that Scotland would be extending the lockdown restrictions to avoid risking a potential second spike of coronavirus.
Speaking at her daily briefing from the Scottish Government’s headquarters in Edinburgh, she said the situation “remains fragile” and insisted that “extreme caution” was required.
The First Minister said: “There are still significant numbers of people in Scotland infected with this virus and we’re not yet confident that the all-important R number is comfortably below one.”
The R number measures the number of people that each person with coronavirus infects with the disease, with Ms Sturgeon saying this “could still be hovering around one just now”.
And she added this “means that any significant easing up of restrictions at this stage would be very, very risky indeed”.
