ANOTHER 34 people have died in Scotland after contracting coronavirus, Nicola Sturgeon has announced.

The deaths, recorded in the past 24 hours among people to have tested positive for Covid-19 in the previous 28 days, bring the total under that measurement to 3679.

A further 754 cases were also confirmed by the First Minister as she gave an update to the Scottish Parliament.

Some 1021 people are in hospital with recently confirmed Covid, 20 fewer than 24 hours previously.

Of those, 70 are in intensive care, a decrease of five.

The First Minister told MSPs that the latest figures show the “virus is still taking a toll across the country”.