699 people have now died from coronavirus in Scotland - an increase of 84 deaths overnight. The number of confirmed cases has risen to 6748 up 390 from Tuesday.
A total of 195 Scots are in intensive care receiving treatment, it has been confirmed. Of the confirmed positive cases, 1740 people are in hospital which is a decrease of 53.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced the new figures at the press conference today. The National Records of Scotland figures show 237 deaths registered which mentioned coronavirus have been of residents inside nursing home facilites.We told earlier how eleven residents at a care home in Paisley have died in the last two weeks.
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