The number of people who have died in Scotland from coronavirus has reached 16. The total number of positive cases rises to 584 - an increase of 85 overnight.The death toll has risen by two since Monday.Earlier today, health secretary Jeane Freeman said 25 people are in intensive care in Scotland.
It comes after Nicola Sturgeon ordered a country-wide lockdown in Scotland from Monday tonight in an attempt to stop the spread of coronavirus.
The First Minister spoke after the Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed the nation live on television from Downing Street.
Reacting to the statement from Johnson, she said: “They are unprecedented, they amount effectively to what has been described as a lockdown."But these measures are essential for
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