More than 2600 new cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in the last 24 hours.

New data has revealed a further 2666 infections were identified in the Scottish Government's most recent daily figures with a positivity rate of 10%.

Two further deaths of people who previously tested positive for Covid-19 have also been reported.

This brings the total under the daily measure - of people who died within 28 days of first testing positive - to 8930.

As of midnight last night, 829 people were in hospital with recently confirmed Covid-19 and 45 people were in intensive care.

And as of 8.30am today, 4,286,044 people have received the first dose of the Covid vaccination and 3,877,849 have received their second dose.

Earlier today, we revealed this week's Covid hotspots in Scotland.

Scotland had 16,898 positive cases between October 7 and October 13, which was 309.1 cases per 100,000 population and a test positivity rate of 8.5%.

Of the places with a rate higher than 500 cases per 100,000 population, 30 were from Fife, 15 were from Aberdeenshire and the rest were spread out across Scotland.

We've created an interactive database where you can