Scottish Government figures revealed that 1,381 people across the country tested positive for the deadly virus over the last 24-hour period.
Since March last year 350,667 Scots have returned a positive test. It came as UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said that holidaymakers will have to be double jabbed "for evermore" in order to benefit from quarantine -free travel.
He said: "It is a reality that in this new world, we’re living with coronavirus … I think double vaccination or full vaccination is going to be a feature for evermore, and probably all countries will require full vaccination for you to enter."Meanwhile, from August 12 travellers from red list destinations will have to shell out an eye-watering £2,285 each for a ten-day stay.
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