lockdown is working nationally.It comes as daily infection figures dropped to 771 across Scotland and one week after 11 councils, including Glasgow, were ordered into the highest level 4 alert.At Holyrood, Sturgeon said: "The latest data shows that across the country and in most local authority areas the restrictions in place are having an impact."The number of new cases across the country has stabilised in recent weeks.
But we now have grounds for cautious optimism the numbers may be declining."There is also evidence admissions to hospital and ICU are declining now too, though it is important to note these figures tend to fluctuate on a day-to-day basis."Sturgeon said the rate of infection, known as the R number, is between 1 and 0.8.
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