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| Coronavirus: Eight more Covid-19 deaths in Scotland | Coronavirus: Eight more Covid-19 deaths in Scotland |
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| Eight more people with coronavirus in Scotland have died, taking the total number of deaths to 33, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed. | Eight more people with coronavirus in Scotland have died, taking the total number of deaths to 33, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed. |
| The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Scotland now stands at 1,059 - an increase of 165 since Thursday. | The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Scotland now stands at 1,059 - an increase of 165 since Thursday. |
| Chief medical officer Catherine Calderwood said the actual number of people infected in Scotland could be more than 65,000. | |
| Ms Sturgeon said there were now 72 patients in intensive care units. | Ms Sturgeon said there were now 72 patients in intensive care units. |
| As Scotland prepares to spend its first weekend in "lockdown", the first minister urged people to heed the stay at home message. | As Scotland prepares to spend its first weekend in "lockdown", the first minister urged people to heed the stay at home message. |
| "The single most important thing anyone can do show do our support for the NHS is by staying at home," she said. | |
| She praised health workers and police who have been given new emergency powers to enforce the restrictions. | She praised health workers and police who have been given new emergency powers to enforce the restrictions. |
| Ms Sturgeon said: "My fervent hope and belief is that the police will not have to enforce these rules very often." | Ms Sturgeon said: "My fervent hope and belief is that the police will not have to enforce these rules very often." |
| The first minister also announced £3.8m extra funding for NHS mental health support services, and said people should look at the NHS inform website for details of helplines and services. | |
| Some of the money will be used to expand the mental health hub so that support can be given 24 hours a day to people who have called the NHS 24 helpline. | |
| Ms Sturgeon also sent her "best wishes" to Prime Minister Boris Johnson after it emerged he had tested positive for Covid-19, | |
| The first minister said she had not been tested, and added: "I don't underestimate how difficult it is to be positive for this virus." | |
| The chief medical officer revealed that she and her counterparts elsewhere in the UK had agreed a protocol for testing "significant" figures. | |
| These people would be tested only if there were clinical reasons in the first instance, said Ms Calderwood. | |
| However, there would be also tests for "significant people the loss of whom from government would make a big difference to our coronavirus effort," she said. |