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Here are the headlines from the first minister's briefing:

  • Nicola Sturgeon says it สล็อตแมชชีน เครดิต ฟรี ไม่ต้องแชร์ 2021 would be "premature" to move Glasgow City out of level 3 restrictions, but the city could move to level 2 by Saturday 5 June.

  • The first minister will make the decision by Wednesday next week (2 June).

  • Nicola Sturgeon confirms 641 new positive cases were identified across Scotland in the past 24 hours - 2.6% of those newly tested.

  • This is the highest daily figure since 25 March.

  • Two deaths have also been registered in the past 24 hours

  • The number of people in hospital has risen to 90 and six people are in intensive care.

  • As of this morning, 3,196,051 people have received a first dose of the Covid vaccine, while the total number fully vaccinated is now 1,971,006.

  • The first minister says the latest estimate of the R number is that it could now be "as big as 1.3" and says the India variant, probably accounts for "50% or even more of our daily cases".

  • Mainland Scotland is currently due to move from level two to level one on 7 June and Ms Sturgeon will provide an update to the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday.

  • High case numbers have been reported in Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire and Clackmannanshire.

  • Scotland's national clinical director Prof Jason Leitch welcomes the approval for the single dose Covid vaccine, made by Janssen for use in the UK.

  • Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross said localised measures are needed to tackle community outbreaks

  • Scottish Labour's deputy leader Jackie Baillie calls for door-to-door testing in hotspots, mass walk-in vaccination centres and more support for those who need to self-isolate.