Scotland's record Covid infection levels and the increasing numbers of people in hospital with the virus are being "scrutinised intensely", the country's chief medical officer has said.
Professor Sir Gregor Smith spoke out after the data from the Office for National Statistics showed that in the first week of March an estimated one in 18 Scots had the virus.
Meanwhile the most recent daily figures showed 1,663 people were in hospital yesterday with recently confirmed Covid-19, with the number of people in hospital at its highest for 13 months.
