Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterA further 1,049 cases of the coronavirus have been diagnosed in Scotland as the nation's tragic death toll continues to creep grimly towards 6,000.The Scottish Government has released data this afternoon as part of its national COVID-19 daily briefing.A further 87 patients, including nine people from the NHS Ayrshire & Arran health board region, have died after contracting Covid which means 5,796 people have tragically passed away since March.However, data from the National Records of Scotland (NRS) shows 7,448 deaths had been registered up to Sunday, January 17 where the disease was mentioned on the death certificate.