Today sees the lifting of covid restrictions in Scotland which sees a capacity cap on outdoor events and sports matches come to an end.
The Scottish Government moved to introduce fresh rules for events on Boxing Day due to concern over the rapid spread of the omicron variant of the virus.
Meanwhile, effective from December 27, hospitality venues were ordered to return to table service only, while it was recommended no more than three households meet up in bars and restaurants. Furthermore, nightclubs have not been permitted to open since this date, although Nicola Sturgeon could move to end these restrictions this week. The First Minister is due to give an update in the Scottish Parliament tomorrow.
The FM's planned address comes amid claims from Chief Medical Officer Dr Sir Gregor Smith there are "encouraging" signs in the fight against the omicron variant - echoing First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's statement to MSPs last week that Scotland has "turned a corner".
"What we can now see is fairly distinct, encouraging signs of progress overall in the data, particularly in the case rate," he said.
"It's been unstable for a little while, partly because of the holiday period over Christmas and New Year but also because of the recent changes that we had to testing.
"But it does appear that there's some genuine improvement that sits behind that."
But how has covid impacted the country since those restrictions were imposed on Boxing Day? We take a look at the figures covering both Scotland and Glasgow since December 26.
Daily case numbers - Scotland
- December 27 - 10,562
- December 28 - 9,360
- December 29 - 15,849
- December 30 - 16,857
- December 31 - 11,962
- January 1 - 17,065
- January 2- 14,080
- January 3- 20,217
- January 4 - 17,259
- January 5 - 16,103
- January 6 - 12,418
- January 7 - 16,967
- January 8 - 15,380
- January 9 - 9,959
- January 10 - 14,491
- January 11 - 13,664
- January 12 - 10,619
- January 13 - 8,203
- January 14 - 9,910
Daily case numbers - Greater Glasgow and Clyde
- December 27 - 2,922
- December 28 - 2,594
- December 29 - 3,878
- December 30 - 4,706
- December 31 - 3,123
- January 1 - 4,787
- January 2 - 3,437
- January 3 - 4,654
- January 4 - 3,868
- January 5 - 4,055
- January 6 - 2,680
- January 7 - 3,637
- January 8 - 3,217
- January 9 - 1,750
- January 10 - 2,634
- January 11 - 2,138
- January 12 - 1,780
- January 13 - 1,214
- January 14 - 1,430
Daily increases on those in hospital with covid - Scotland
Daily increases on those in hospital with covid - Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Daily changes on those in ICU with covid - Scotland
Daily changes on those in ICU with covid - Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Current hospitalisation rates - as of Mon Jan 1
Daily recorded deaths - Scotland
For the latest coronavirus statistics in full, you can visit the Scottish Government website here.
