1,383 new Covid cases

Scotland has recorded five coronavirus-linked deaths and 1,383 fresh cases in the past 24 hours, figures show.

Overall, 336 people were in hospital on Friday with recently confirmed Covid-19, with 39 of them in intensive care.

Scotland was the only part of the UK to see a fall in infections, with about one in 190 people having the virus in the week to August 7, down from one in 120 in the previous week.